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- (of a person) using the left hand more naturally than the right（人）惯用左手的, 左撇子的：
a left-handed batsman
左撇子击球手。
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- (of a tool or item of equipment) made to be used with the left hand（工具, 设备）适合左手使用的：
left-handed golf clubs.
左手用高尔夫球棒。
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- made or performed with the left hand用左手的, 用左手做的：
my left-handed scrawl.
我左手写的潦草笔迹。
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- turning to the left; towards the left, in particular向左转的; 对着左面的, 尤指：
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- (of a screw) advanced by turning anticlockwise（螺纹）逆时针方向的。
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- Biology (of a spiral shell or helix) sinistral【生】（螺旋壳, 蜗牛）左旋的。
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- (of a racecourse) turning anticlockwise（跑马场）逆时针方向跑动的。
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- perverse反常的：
we take a left-handed pleasure in our errors.
我们犯了错却还不正常地感到高兴。
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- (especially of a compliment) ambiguous（尤指恭维等）言不由衷的, 暧昧的。
- with the left hand用左手：
a significant number play the game left-handed.
很多人用左手进行这项运动。
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