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单词 left-handed
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Definition of left-handed in English:

left-handed

adjective lɛftˈhandɪdˌlɛftˈhændəd
  • 1(of a person) using the left hand more naturally than the right.

    a left-handed batsman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was left-handed and was therefore unable to take notes, and he had managed to escape homework from two classes on account of his injury.
    • It's one thing to be able to draw a gun, but it's another thing to be able to do it with your left hand if you're not left-handed.
    • Some people say that it's worse because I'm left-handed.
    • It should not be much of a wonder that I was left-handed.
    • Every month they would test my grip, and for a long time my left grip was weaker than the right, even though I'm left-handed.
    • He didn't understand why everyone was so interested to see him write, and the judge pointed out that he was left-handed.
    • If you're left-handed, switch the hand positions.
    • A left-handed batsman, Raina has averaged over 43 runs in 15 first-class matches so far.
    • I was left-handed but I always trained from the right side.
    • I'm left-handed, and don't mind admitting that I fight like a girl.
    • Next up was Benji, the left-handed batter who was grinning ear to ear.
    • I never told her I was left-handed before, either.
    • I'm afraid if you're left-handed, you're out of luck.
    • Of course Johnny is naturally left-handed, so his left arm is strong.
    • The West Indies team in the fifth Test against England at The Oval in 2000 included eight left-handed batsmen.
    • Danny's right-handed and I'm left-handed, but that doesn't matter.
    • One thing I can't do is forge his signature, largely because he's left-handed and I'm not.
    • It is also a plus that he is left-handed because we have lacked that variety at the top of the order.
    • They usually put it on the left side, unless you're left-handed.
    • ‘But you can teach naturally left-handed children to use their right hand,’ she pointed out.
    Synonyms
    sinistral
    informal southpaw
    1. 1.1 (of a tool or item of equipment) made to be used with the left hand.
      left-handed golf clubs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Today, most companies build good left-handed sets, which makes it easier for lefthanders to get started in the game properly.
      • It can be converted from a right-handed weapon to a left-handed one by simply changing the bolt and casing ejector aperture.
      • At the time of writing, there are very few left-handed instruments being stocked in York.
      • If you've ever wanted to know where to buy left-handed products or how to contact the Walker-Warburg syndrome support group or wish to start a group for sufferers of congenital aglossia, look no further!
      • Since the weights are internal and are able to shift (by simply tipping the thing up) it can be used as either a left-handed or a right-handed planer.
      • But her desire to create was rekindled after receiving her first left-handed guitar for a birthday gift.
      • Now the interesting bit is that the left-handed ones have hooks, and the right-handed ones have ridges.
      • I'm a fan of fountain pens in general; at the moment, my regular pen is a left-handed Pelikano P450 that I bought at a German post office some time ago.
      • Even though I grew up in Canada, where there are more left-handed golfers than in the States, left-handed equipment wasn't readily available.
    2. 1.2 Made or done with the left hand.
      my left-handed scrawl
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He wasn't at all strong at left-handed techniques, whereas Keziah had been told from a very early age that there were no lefts and rights in fighting.
  • 2(of a screw) advanced by turning anticlockwise.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The screw arm has right-handed threads on one side of the brass wheel and left-handed threads on the other.
    1. 2.1Biology (of a spiral shell or helix) sinistral.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Recent structural experiments have suggested that the domain may also contain left-handed polyproline helices.
      • It customarily refers to the number of monomers in one turn of actin's left-handed helix.
      • The crystal structure of the Max homodimer shows it to be a parallel, left-handed, four-helix bundle with a hydrophobic core.
      • Three of the left-handed coiled collagen molecules form a right-handed coiled triple helix called tropocollagen.
      • In fact, a wide range of structural proteins have coils in which two or three helices are wound around each other to form a left-handed superhelix conformation.
    2. 2.2 (of a racecourse) turning anticlockwise.
      Newbury's left-handed track
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are hoping that he will be happier at Cheltenham with its left-handed track and a bigger hill.
      • It is a left-handed, wide track suited to powerful gallopers and is seen as being flat and fair.
      • When in Dubai the Godolphin team work at Al Quoz, a left-handed dirt track.
      • It is a left-handed track with sturdy fences, making it a suitable preparation venue for Grand National hopefuls.
      • A left-handed track, it is situated on the Welsh side of the border with England.
  • 3Perverse.

    we take a left-handed pleasure in our errors
    1. 3.1 (especially of a compliment) ambiguous.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • What I just said could be considered a left-handed compliment.
      • There are dozens of websites offering everything from left-handed bread-knives to scissors and writing pads.
      • There is nothing Mosley takes for granted about Wright, giving what might be a left-handed compliment in saying Winky sometimes fights to the level of his competition.
      • I suppose in the end, Pattaya did get a left-handed compliment.
      • It may seem a left-handed compliment to say The Industry Standard was by far the best and most professional of this lot, but I mean it sincerely.
      Synonyms
      backhanded, ambiguous, equivocal, uncertain, double-meaning, double-edged
      dubious, indirect, enigmatic, cryptic, paradoxical, ironic, sardonic, insincere, hypocritical
adverb lɛftˈhandɪdˌlɛftˈhændəd
  • With the left hand.

    a significant number play the game left-handed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Scarpa is almost certainly unique in the way that he plays right - handed but then switches to play left-handed any shots from around 60 yards or under.
    • Upon finding the ball up against the boundary fence, he was heard to comment: ‘I couldn't hit this thing left-handed!’
    • Do you swing a golf club left-handed or right-handed?
    • I had to start over and learn to do techniques left-handed.
    • I think Ronnie O'Sullivan will beat him even if he plays the whole match left-handed.
    • Michael twisted painfully out of the way and swung his sword left-handed in an awkward but powerful arc.
    • He bowled the following season left-handed and even bowled three regionals as a lefty, but had no luck.
    • Mickey Mantle hit 373 home runs left-handed and 163 right-handed.
    • The Pathway to Excellence scheme means that Bilton junior, who bats and bowls left-handed, has been taken under the wing of the county club and has the chance to progress to their academy and ultimately to the first team.
    • It's like watching someone who is right-handed throw left-handed for a change.
    • Thus I eat, write, golf, and play tennis right-handed, but throw, bowl, shoot pool, and play basketball left-handed.
    • Try reaching across to use your computer mouse left-handed.
    • You can really improve your tempo by practicing swinging left-handed.
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan still looks good playing left-handed.
    • A 2-year-old Phil, a natural right-hander, insisted on swinging a golf club left-handed so that he could mirror his dad.
    • The year he won the title, Reiser batted left-handed.
    • The doctor developed tendonitis in his right elbow and had to dribble the last three hours of the 108-mile run left-handed.
    • Schaffer had Murray hit left-handed every other day before home games for about three weeks.

Derivatives

  • left-handedly

  • adverb
  • left-handedness

  • nounˌlɛftˈhandɪdnəsˌlɛftˈhændədnəs
    • Statistical evidence links several auto-immune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis, with left-handedness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Researchers have posed various theories about the causes of left-handedness.
      • Having written about left-handedness in the past, I knew that in less enlightened times left-handed infants were often forced to use their right.
      • Right- or left-handedness then develops, with the dominant hand achieving better fine motor skills and greater strength.
      • ‘We found that left-handedness is atypical in chimps,’ says Hopkins.
 
 

Definition of left-handed in US English:

left-handed

adjectiveˌleftˈhandədˌlɛftˈhændəd
  • 1(of a person) using the left hand more naturally than the right.

    a left-handed batter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm left-handed, and don't mind admitting that I fight like a girl.
    • He didn't understand why everyone was so interested to see him write, and the judge pointed out that he was left-handed.
    • Next up was Benji, the left-handed batter who was grinning ear to ear.
    • I'm afraid if you're left-handed, you're out of luck.
    • Of course Johnny is naturally left-handed, so his left arm is strong.
    • Danny's right-handed and I'm left-handed, but that doesn't matter.
    • He was left-handed and was therefore unable to take notes, and he had managed to escape homework from two classes on account of his injury.
    • They usually put it on the left side, unless you're left-handed.
    • I was left-handed but I always trained from the right side.
    • A left-handed batsman, Raina has averaged over 43 runs in 15 first-class matches so far.
    • One thing I can't do is forge his signature, largely because he's left-handed and I'm not.
    • If you're left-handed, switch the hand positions.
    • I never told her I was left-handed before, either.
    • Every month they would test my grip, and for a long time my left grip was weaker than the right, even though I'm left-handed.
    • It is also a plus that he is left-handed because we have lacked that variety at the top of the order.
    • It should not be much of a wonder that I was left-handed.
    • ‘But you can teach naturally left-handed children to use their right hand,’ she pointed out.
    • It's one thing to be able to draw a gun, but it's another thing to be able to do it with your left hand if you're not left-handed.
    • Some people say that it's worse because I'm left-handed.
    • The West Indies team in the fifth Test against England at The Oval in 2000 included eight left-handed batsmen.
    Synonyms
    sinistral
    1. 1.1 (of a tool or item of equipment) made to be used with the left hand.
      left-handed golf clubs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Since the weights are internal and are able to shift (by simply tipping the thing up) it can be used as either a left-handed or a right-handed planer.
      • At the time of writing, there are very few left-handed instruments being stocked in York.
      • Now the interesting bit is that the left-handed ones have hooks, and the right-handed ones have ridges.
      • Today, most companies build good left-handed sets, which makes it easier for lefthanders to get started in the game properly.
      • If you've ever wanted to know where to buy left-handed products or how to contact the Walker-Warburg syndrome support group or wish to start a group for sufferers of congenital aglossia, look no further!
      • Even though I grew up in Canada, where there are more left-handed golfers than in the States, left-handed equipment wasn't readily available.
      • But her desire to create was rekindled after receiving her first left-handed guitar for a birthday gift.
      • I'm a fan of fountain pens in general; at the moment, my regular pen is a left-handed Pelikano P450 that I bought at a German post office some time ago.
      • It can be converted from a right-handed weapon to a left-handed one by simply changing the bolt and casing ejector aperture.
    2. 1.2 Made or performed with the left hand.
      my left-handed scrawl
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He wasn't at all strong at left-handed techniques, whereas Keziah had been told from a very early age that there were no lefts and rights in fighting.
  • 2(of a screw) advanced by turning counterclockwise.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The screw arm has right-handed threads on one side of the brass wheel and left-handed threads on the other.
    1. 2.1Biology (of a spiral shell or helix) sinistral.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Three of the left-handed coiled collagen molecules form a right-handed coiled triple helix called tropocollagen.
      • In fact, a wide range of structural proteins have coils in which two or three helices are wound around each other to form a left-handed superhelix conformation.
      • The crystal structure of the Max homodimer shows it to be a parallel, left-handed, four-helix bundle with a hydrophobic core.
      • Recent structural experiments have suggested that the domain may also contain left-handed polyproline helices.
      • It customarily refers to the number of monomers in one turn of actin's left-handed helix.
    2. 2.2 (of a racecourse) turning counterclockwise.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is a left-handed track with sturdy fences, making it a suitable preparation venue for Grand National hopefuls.
      • A left-handed track, it is situated on the Welsh side of the border with England.
      • We are hoping that he will be happier at Cheltenham with its left-handed track and a bigger hill.
      • When in Dubai the Godolphin team work at Al Quoz, a left-handed dirt track.
      • It is a left-handed, wide track suited to powerful gallopers and is seen as being flat and fair.
  • 3Perverse.

    we take a left-handed pleasure in our errors
    1. 3.1 (especially of a compliment) ambiguous.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are dozens of websites offering everything from left-handed bread-knives to scissors and writing pads.
      • I suppose in the end, Pattaya did get a left-handed compliment.
      • There is nothing Mosley takes for granted about Wright, giving what might be a left-handed compliment in saying Winky sometimes fights to the level of his competition.
      • It may seem a left-handed compliment to say The Industry Standard was by far the best and most professional of this lot, but I mean it sincerely.
      • What I just said could be considered a left-handed compliment.
      Synonyms
      backhanded, ambiguous, equivocal, uncertain, double-meaning, double-edged
adverbˌleftˈhandədˌlɛftˈhændəd
  • With the left hand.

    a significant number play the game left-handed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The year he won the title, Reiser batted left-handed.
    • A 2-year-old Phil, a natural right-hander, insisted on swinging a golf club left-handed so that he could mirror his dad.
    • You can really improve your tempo by practicing swinging left-handed.
    • Do you swing a golf club left-handed or right-handed?
    • Upon finding the ball up against the boundary fence, he was heard to comment: ‘I couldn't hit this thing left-handed!’
    • He bowled the following season left-handed and even bowled three regionals as a lefty, but had no luck.
    • Michael twisted painfully out of the way and swung his sword left-handed in an awkward but powerful arc.
    • I think Ronnie O'Sullivan will beat him even if he plays the whole match left-handed.
    • Try reaching across to use your computer mouse left-handed.
    • The doctor developed tendonitis in his right elbow and had to dribble the last three hours of the 108-mile run left-handed.
    • Scarpa is almost certainly unique in the way that he plays right - handed but then switches to play left-handed any shots from around 60 yards or under.
    • Mickey Mantle hit 373 home runs left-handed and 163 right-handed.
    • It's like watching someone who is right-handed throw left-handed for a change.
    • I had to start over and learn to do techniques left-handed.
    • The Pathway to Excellence scheme means that Bilton junior, who bats and bowls left-handed, has been taken under the wing of the county club and has the chance to progress to their academy and ultimately to the first team.
    • Ronnie O'Sullivan still looks good playing left-handed.
    • Schaffer had Murray hit left-handed every other day before home games for about three weeks.
    • Thus I eat, write, golf, and play tennis right-handed, but throw, bowl, shoot pool, and play basketball left-handed.
 
 
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