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- the hand of a person's left side左手。
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- the region or direction on the left side of a person or thing左手边, 左侧：
there was a vast forest on the left hand.
左侧是一片广袤的森林。
attrib.
1- on or towards the left side of a person or thing在左面的, 朝左的：
his left-hand pocket.
他的左口袋。
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- done with or using the left hand用左手的, 用左手做的：
an excellent left-hand catch by Smith.
史密斯一个漂亮的左手接球。
短语
marry with the left hand
- Brit. marry morganatically〈英〉贵贱结亲（有皇族或贵族血统的人与地位较低的人结婚）。
词源
from a German custom by which the bridegroom gave the bride his left hand in such marriages.