单词 | right-handed |
释义 | right-handed —right-handedness, n. /ruyt"han"did/, adj. 1. having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter. 2. adapted to or performed by the right hand: a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship. 3. Mach. a. rotating clockwise. b. noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer. 4. Building Trades. right-hand (def. 5). adv. Also, right-handedly. 5. in a right-handed manner or fashion: The door opens right-handed. 6. with the right hand: She writes right-handed. 7. toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction: The strands of the rope are laid right-handed. [1350-1400; ME] |
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