| 释义 |
right-handed
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English right handed, from right hand + -ed
1. : having the right hand more apt or usable than the left : preferring the right hand
< a right-handed pitcher >
2.
a. : of, belonging to, or designed for the right hand
< a right-handed glove >
< a right-handed implement >
b. : done or made with or as if with the right hand
< a right-handed stroke >
< a right-handed blow >
3. : having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch viewed from in front : clockwise — used of a twist, rotary motion, or spiral curve as viewed from a given direction with respect to the axis of rotation
< a right-handed propeller >
4. : dextrally spiral
< most univalve shells are right-handed >
5. of a rope : rightlaid
6. : right-hand
< right-handed door >
7.
a. : having a crystal structure that has a mirror-image relationship to another enantiomorphous structure regarded as left-handed in which the same compound can crystallize
< right-handed quartz >
b. : having crystal faces that result from and may be used to characterize such a structure
c. : dextrorotatory
• right-handed·ly adverb
• right-handed·ness noun
II. adverb
: with the right hand : in a right-handed manner
< throws and bats right-handed > |