单词 | left |
释义 | verb | adjective | adverb | noun leftleft1 /lɛft/ verb the past tense and past participle of leave [Origin: Old English weak] verb | adjective | adverb | noun leftleft2 ●●● S2 W2 adjective [only before noun] 1on the side of your body that contains your heart OPP right: my left foot2on, by, or in the direction of your left side SYN left-hand OPP right: the left side of the page a left turn3have two left feet informal to be very awkward in the way you move, especially when dancing4the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing used to say that a group or organization is not organized because the people in one part do not know what is happening in the other parts of it → see also be left at leave1 (3), left-of-center verb | adjective | adverb | noun leftleft3 ●●● S2 adverb 1toward the left side OPP right: Turn left at the stop sign.2left and right very often, especially in a way that is wrong or not fair: We’re losing good teachers left and right. verb | adjective | adverb | noun leftleft4 noun 1[singular] the left side or direction: on/to the left (of something) The entrance is on the left. To the left of the church is an old shoe factory.on/to your left You can get tickets at the booths on your left. The picture shows, from left to right, Molly, Dana, and Anne.2the left/Left (also the left wing) social studies, politics political parties or groups, such as Socialists and Communists, that want money and property to be divided more fairly, and generally support workers rather than employers: He has support from the left.3[singular] a turn to the left when walking, driving, etc.: take/hang a left (at something) Take a left at the next light.the next/first etc. left The road is the second left off Main St.4[countable] a hit made with your left hand |
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