leftovers是什么意思？

leftovers

英['leftəʊvə] 美['leftoʊvə]

• n. （用复数）剩余物，残羹剩菜，（事物、习惯等的）遗留，遗物，剩余的，未用完的( leftover的名词复数 )；

例句

• She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together. 她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。
• Farmers feed kitchen leftovers to the pigs. 农民用厨房里的残羹剩饭喂猪。
• What shall we do with the leftovers? 这些剩菜怎么处理?
• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers. 他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐.
• Refrigerate any leftovers. 把剩菜放进冰箱里。
• 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。
• Refrigerate any leftovers... 把剩菜放进冰箱里。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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 as leftovers .
  例句
  Refrigerate any leftovers... 把剩菜放进冰箱里。 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 use leftover to describe an amount of something that remains after the rest of it has been used or eaten.
  例句
  ...leftover pieces of wallpaper... 剩下的墙纸 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 is a leftover from a 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.
  例句
  ...a leftover from the time our planet was first formed... 我们这个星球形成之初的遗迹 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (用复数)剩余物;残羹剩菜
  What shall we do with the leftovers? 这些剩菜怎么处理? Farmers feed kitchen leftovers to the pigs. 农民用厨房里的残羹剩饭喂猪。 He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers. 他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。 She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together. 她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。
  (事物、习惯等的)遗留;遗物
  They still slept with the lights on, a leftover from more dangerous times. 他们仍旧开着灯睡觉,那是危险时期留下来的习惯。

英英词典释义

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