left-handed

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /lɛftˈhændɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Left-handed people, taken as a whole. plural,plural-only
    — Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.
形容词 adj.
  1. Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right. not-comparable
  2. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand. not-comparable
  3. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise. not-comparable
  4. Awkward or maladroit. not-comparable
  5. Insincere or malicious. not-comparable
    — The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive.
  6. Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path not-comparable
    — On the other hand, nearly all magic tends in time to the left-handed path; as being a devious means of attaining desires unobtainable by ordinary methods.
  7. Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule. not-comparable

词形变化

lefthanded alternative lefthanded alternative

词汇关系

近义词
sinistromanual
反义词
right-handed

词源

词源 1
From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.
词源 2
From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.
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