1 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 . 残羹剩饭;剩菜;吃剩的食物
SYN remnant, leaving, remains, scrap
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 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. 剩余的;用剩的;吃剩的
SYN surplus, remaining, extra, excess
3 N-COUNT [N from n] 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. 残存物;遗留物
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...a leftover from the time our planet was first formed.
我们这个星球形成之初的遗迹
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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。
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