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单词 leftist
释义

left1 /left/

adjective
  1. On, for, or belonging to that side or part of the body, etc which in man has normally the weaker and less skilful hand, opp to right
  2. On that side from the point of view of a person looking downstream, a soldier looking at the enemy, a president looking at an assembly, an actor looking at the audience
  3. On the west side from the point of view of a person looking north
  4. In politics, relatively liberal, democratic, progressive, innovating
  5. Inclined towards socialism or communism
noun
  1. The left side
  2. The region to the left side
  3. The left hand
  4. A blow with the left hand
  5. A glove, shoe, etc for the left hand or foot, etc
  6. A turning to the left
  7. The more progressive, democratic, socialist, radical or actively innovating party or wing (from its sitting in some legislatures to the president's left)
  8. A shot from the left barrel of a gun or a bird killed by this
adverb

On or towards the left

ORIGIN: ME lift, left, from OE (Kentish) left weak, worthless; cf OE lyftādl paralysis

leftˈie or leftˈy noun (informal)

  1. A leftist
  2. A left-handed person

leftˈish adjective

leftˈism noun

The principles of the political left

leftˈist adjective and noun

leftˈward adjective and adverb

  1. Towards the left
  2. On the left side
  3. More left-wing
noun (rare)

The region on the left side

leftˈwardly or leftˈwards adverb

Left Bank noun

The artistic quarter of Paris on the south bank of the Seine

leftˈ-bank adjective

leftˈ-click intransitive verb

To press and release the left-hand button on a computer mouse

noun

An act of doing this

leftˈ-field noun

In baseball, the area in the outfield to the left facing from the plate

adjective (informal, esp US)

Out of the ordinary, bizarre

leftˈ-footˈed adjective

  1. Performed with the left foot
  2. Having more skill or strength in the left foot

leftˈ-footˈer noun (slang)

A Roman Catholic

leftˈ-hand adjective

  1. On the left side
  2. Towards the left
  3. With thread or strands turning to the left
  4. Performed with the left hand

left-hand drive noun

  1. A driving mechanism on the left side of a vehicle which is intended to be driven on the right-hand side of the road
  2. A vehicle with a driving mechanism of this type

leftˈ-handˈed adjective

  1. Having the left hand stronger and readier than the right
  2. For the left hand
  3. Counter-clockwise
  4. Forming a mirror image of the right-handed form
  5. Awkward
  6. Unlucky
  7. Dubious (as in a left-handed compliment)
  8. (of a marriage) morganatic

adverb

In the manner of a left-handed person

leftˈ-handˈedly adverb

leftˈ-handˈedness noun

leftˈ-handˈer noun

  1. A blow with the left hand
  2. A left-handed person

leftˈ-handˈiness noun

Awkwardness

left'-leaning adjective

Tending to hold left-wing political opinions

leftˈ-of-centre adjective

In politics, etc, towards the left, but only moderately so

left wing noun

  1. The political left
  2. The wing on the left side of an army, football pitch, etc

leftˈ-wing adjective

  1. Playing on the left wing
  2. Belonging to the more leftwardly inclined section
  3. (having opinions which are) progressive, radical, socialist, etc

leftˈ-wingˈer noun

  1. A person with left-wing views or who supports the left wing of a party, etc
  2. A player on the left wing

have two left feet

To be clumsy or awkward, esp in dancing

left, right and centre

  1. In, from, etc all directions
  2. Everywhere

over the left (shoulder) (obs sl)

Contrariwise
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