leftover

英 [ˈleftəʊvə(r)]

美 [ˈleftoʊvər]

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
adj.  剩余的; 吃剩的; 未用完的

复数：leftovers　

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.22683 / COCA.9769

牛津词典

noun

• 吃剩的食物；残羹剩饭
  food that has not been eaten at the end of a meal
• 遗留物；残存物；遗留下来的风俗习惯
  an object, a custom or a way of behaving that remains from an earlier time
  1. He's a leftover from the hippies in the 1960s.
     他是20世纪60年代嬉皮士的残余分子。

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

• a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
  Synonym:remnant

adj

• not used up
  1. leftover meatloaf
  2. she had a little money left over so she went to a movie
  3. some odd dollars left
  4. saved the remaining sandwiches for supper
  5. unexpended provisions
  Synonym:left over(p)left(p)oddremainingunexpended

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