单词 | true left |
释义 | > as lemmastrue left true left adj. and n. (a) adj. (of a side, bank, etc.) on the side which is on the left as one looks down from a hill or mountain, or downstream; (b) n. the true left side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > the left > the left looking downhill or downstream true left1929 1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 54 We climbed on up the slopes on its true left bank. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning iii. iv. 344 Six men were perched high up among the rocks on the right side (what mountaineers would call the ‘true left’) of the couloir. 1971 N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 55/2 The ‘true left’ bank of the river..was the one on the lefthand side as you looked downstream. 2009 T. Weare Trekking in Indian Himalaya (Lonely Planet) 61 The track crosses a road bridge to the true left, or west side of the gorge. < as lemmas |
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