leftovers

英 [ˈlɛftˈəʊvəz]

美 [ˈlɛfˌtoʊvərz]

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
leftover的复数

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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

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

双语例句

• When I was your age my father died and I was sold to Tongs as maid. There I ate the cold leftovers every day and I was often scolded and beaten.
  像你这么大的年纪，我的爸爸死了，卖给童家里，吃残茶剩饭，还经常受骂挨打。
• I'll never be able to wrap leftovers again.
  我以后再也不用保鲜膜了。
• There aren't any leftovers! You ate everything.
  没有任何吃剩的东西！你把所有的东西都吃光了。
• At supper time, I warmed up some leftovers, and mixed them together into a bowl for my sons.
  到吃晚饭时，我把剩菜剩饭热了热，胡乱搅和了一碗来对付儿子们。
• Mom dumped the leftovers into the trash can.
  妈妈将厨余丢进垃圾桶里。
• We can warm up the leftovers for supper.
  我们把剩下的饭热一热作为晚饭。
• First, she feeds the husband and then the kids, and only then will she eat the leftovers.
  首先，她要给丈夫吃饭，然后是孩子，然后才轮到自己吃点剩菜剩饭。
• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.
  他能用厨房里几样剩饭作出一顿美餐。
• They're great, except they only ever eat leftovers.
  他们很棒，除了它们只吃剩饭之外。
• You stay with olive. there's some leftovers in the fridge.
  你和奥莉夫呆着，冰箱还有些剩菜。