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left-handed

adverb
🔊/ˌleft ˈhændɪd/
🔊/ˌleft ˈhændɪd/
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  1. using the left hand用左手做的
    • She writes left-handed.她用左手写字。🔊🔊
    opposite right-handed

left-handed

adjective
🔊/ˌleft ˈhændɪd/
🔊/ˌleft ˈhændɪd/
Idioms
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  1. (of a person人) finding it easier to use the left hand to write, hit a ball, etc. than the right惯用左手的；左撇子的
    • a left-handed golfer左手握杆的高尔夫球手
    • I'm left-handed.我是左撇子。🔊🔊
  2. (of tools, etc.工具等) designed to be used by somebody who finds it easier to use their left hand供惯用左手者使用的
    • left-handed scissors左手用的剪刀
    • a left-handed guitar左手弹的吉他。
  3. (of actions, etc.动作等) done with your left hand用左手做的
    • a left-handed serve用左手发球
    • a left-handed catch左撇子
    opposite right-handed
Idioms
left-handed compliment (North American English)
(also a backhanded compliment British and North American English)
  1. a comment that seems to express approval but could also be understood as expressing a poor opinion of somebody/something