leftovers

英 [ˈlɛftˈəʊvəz]

美 [ˈlɛfˌtoʊvərz]

n.  吃剩的食物; 残羹剩饭; 遗留物; 残存物; 遗留下来的风俗习惯
leftover的复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 残羹剩饭；剩菜；吃剩的食物
  You can refer to food that has not been eaten after a meal asleftovers.
  1. Refrigerate any leftovers...
     把剩菜放进冰箱里。
  2. The only food I ever got was the family's leftovers.
     我所得到的唯一食物就是这家人的残羹剩饭。
• ADJ 剩余的；用剩的；吃剩的
  You useleftoverto describe an amount of something that remains after the rest of it has been used or eaten.
  1. ...leftover pieces of wallpaper...
     剩下的墙纸
  2. Leftover chicken makes a wonderful salad.
     剩下的鸡肉可做成一盘美味色拉。
• N-COUNT 残存物；遗留物
  If you say that something isa leftover froma past period of time, you mean that it has its origin there and still exists even though most other things connected to that time have disappeared.
  1. ...a leftover from the time our planet was first formed...
     我们这个星球形成之初的遗迹
  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。

英英释义

noun

• food remaining from a previous meal
  1. he had leftovers for dinner last night

双语例句

• She cleared away the dishes and leftovers [ the tea-things].
  他把盘子和剩菜[茶具]收走了。
• When you left the restaurant, did you take leftovers?
  你什么时候离开餐馆的，你带走了剩菜吗？
• The only food I ever got was the family's leftovers.
  我所得到的唯一食物就是这家人的残羹剩饭。
• As a matter of fact, forget about the leftovers. let's celebrate.
  事实上，忘了剩饭，让我们庆祝吧。
• This Arctic fox has been following a polar bear for days in hopes of leftovers from a kill.
  这只北极狐已经追随一只北极熊几天了，希望能获得一些残羹剩饭。
• After thanksgiving, we would eat leftovers for a week!
  感恩节之后，我们得吃一个礼拜的剩菜。
• Mom dumped the leftovers into the trash can.
  妈妈将厨余丢进垃圾桶里。
• When I was your age my father died and I was sold to Tongs as maid. There I ate the cold leftovers every day and I was often scolded and beaten.
  像你这么大的年纪，我的爸爸死了，卖给童家里，吃残茶剩饭，还经常受骂挨打。
• I always like to work on leftovers, doing the leftover things.
  我一向喜欢拿剩余的东西来创作，做剩余物的作品。
• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.
  他能用厨房里几样剩饭作出一顿美餐。