dexter

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛks.tə/    美 /ˈdɛks.tɝ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).
    — Subtracting the second from the first, the third from the second and the first from the third successively, we obtain, after transposition, the following identities: — [several equations] But, the sinisters being exact differentials, the dexters are so. Consequently [...]
形容词 adj.
  1. Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.) not-comparable
    — my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:

词形变化

dexters plural

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
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