亚洲网紅露点

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left-handed

[ left-han-did ]

adjective

  1. having the left hand more dominant or effective than the right; preferably using the left hand:

    a left-handed pitcher.

  2. adapted to or performed by the left hand:

    a left-handed tool; a left-handed tennis serve.

  3. situated on the side of the left hand.
  4. Machinery.
    1. rotating counterclockwise.
    2. noting a helical or spiral member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists counterclockwise as it recedes from an observer.
  5. Building Trades. left-hand ( def 3 ).
  6. ambiguous or doubtful and often unfavorable or derogatory by implication:

    a left-handed compliment.

  7. clumsy or awkward.
  8. of, relating to, or issuing from a morganatic marriage: so called from the custom, in morganatic marriage ceremonies, of having the bridegroom give his left hand to the bride.


adverb

  1. with the left leave left hand:

    He writes left-handed.

  2. toward the left leave left hand; in a counterclockwise direction:

    The strands of the rope are laid left-handed.

left-handed

adjective

  1. using the left hand with greater ease than the right
  2. performed with the left hand
  3. designed or adapted for use by the left hand
  4. worn on the left hand
  5. awkward or clumsy
  6. ironically ambiguous

    a left-handed compliment

  7. turning from right to left; anticlockwise
  8. law another term for morganatic
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. with the left hand
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢濒别蹿迟-藞丑补苍诲别诲苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藢濒别蹿迟-藞丑补苍诲别诲濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒别蹿迟顎-丑补苍诲顎侥诲路濒测 adverb
  • 濒别蹿迟顎-丑补苍诲顎侥诲路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of left-handed1

Middle English word dating back to 1350鈥1400; left 1, handed
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Kempe started the rally late in the first period, deflecting a left-handed shot off Pickard from the center of the right circle with the teams skating four on four.

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Spring football practice begins this month, and one of the players with a terrific upside is junior left-handed quarterback Wyatt Brown.

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The left-handed batter and fielder is hitting .224 with 10 home runs in 446 at-bats in parts of three seasons entering Saturday鈥檚 game.

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But the left-handed Englishman showed his ever-improving mental strength to reset quickly and close out the match at the second attempt.

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Once seen as a rising star in the sport, as a former first-round draft pick with a powerful left-handed swing, Conforto鈥檚 ascent has stalled over the last four seasons.

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left-hand buoyleft-handed compliment