记忆方法
记忆“leftover”的简单方法是将其分解为“left”和“over”。想象食物“left”在某处，并且因为某些原因“over”剩下了，这样就形成了“leftover”这个词，表示剩余的或剩菜。
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词族 · leftover
词形变化
中文词源
leftover 遗留物
即留下的。
英语词源
- leftover (adj.)
- also left-over, "remaining, not used up," 1890, from left + over. The noun meaning "something left over" is from 1891; leftovers "excess food after a meal" (especially if re-served later) is from 1878; in this sense Old English had metelaf.
权威例句
- 1. Leftover food and unwashed dishes cover the dirty counters.
- 台面上又脏又乱，尽是残羹剩菜和未洗的盘子。
- 2. He dragged a foot when he walked, a leftover from polio.
- 他走路时一瘸一拐的，那是小儿麻痹的后遗症。
- 3. Leftover chicken makes a wonderful salad.
- 剩下的鸡肉可做成一盘美味色拉。
- 4. He's a leftover from the hippies in the 1960s.
- 他是20世纪60年代嬉皮士的残余分子。
- 5. These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse - drawn carriages.
- 这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的.