ambidextrous
形容词 adj.
英 /ˌæm.biˈdɛk.stɹəs/
美 /ˌæm.bɪˈdɛk.stɹəs/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Having equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
— Some are […]ambidextrous or right-handed on both sides; which happeneth only unto strong and athletical bodies, whose heat and spirits are able to afford an ability unto both.
- Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
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Practising or siding with both parties.
— All False, Shuffling, and Ambidextrous Dealings.
- Of a person, bisexual.
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Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
— Michelangelo was a very ambidextrous artist, producing sculptures and frescoes with equal ability.
词汇关系
词源
From Medieval Latin ambidexter + -ous, the former from ambi- (“both”) + dexter (“right”), thus literally “both hands being like a right hand”. By surface analysis, ambi- (“both”) + dextrous (“skillful; agile”).
The Latin word is first attested in the Vetus Latina, calquing Ancient Greek ἀμφοτεροδέξιος (amphoterodéxios) in Judges 3:15 after the Septuagint, itself translating Hebrew אִטֵּר יַד יְמִינוֹ (iṭṭēr yaḏ yəmīnō, literally “bound in his right hand”). This phrase is now generally translated as “left-handed”; the Septuagint translation is either from a variant reading or from a different interpretation.
The Latin word is first attested in the Vetus Latina, calquing Ancient Greek ἀμφοτεροδέξιος (amphoterodéxios) in Judges 3:15 after the Septuagint, itself translating Hebrew אִטֵּר יַד יְמִינוֹ (iṭṭēr yaḏ yəmīnō, literally “bound in his right hand”). This phrase is now generally translated as “left-handed”; the Septuagint translation is either from a variant reading or from a different interpretation.
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