| 释义 |
left-hand
\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English lefthand, from the phrase left hand
1. : situated on the left : nearer the left hand than the right
< decided to try the left-hand house >
2. : using or being performed with the left hand : left-handed
< made a left-hand pitch >
3.
a. of a door : opening to the left away from one
b. of a hinge : fitting or designed to fit a left-hand or left-hand reverse bevel door
c. of a lock
(1) : fitting or designed to fit on a left-hand or left-hand reverse bevel door or on a right-hand reverse bevel door if both sides of the lock operate
(2) : throwing or designed to throw left
4.
a. of a turning tool : designed to cut to the left
b. of a thread chaser : designed to cut a left-hand screw thread
c. of a milling cutter : designed to rotate clockwise
5.
a. : devious, indirect, oblique
< his statement was verified in a left-hand way — Earl Brown >
b. : clumsy
c. : sinister
6.
a. : morganatic
b. : of, relating to, united in, or born of an illicit liaison : illegitimate
< never acknowledged his left-hand family >
7. of a rope : left-laid
8.
a. : of or relating to a division of non-Brahmanical castes in southern India formerly subjected to social and ceremonial disabilities
b. : of or relating to a division of Shaktism marked by secret orgiastic rites |