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

• They're great, except they only ever eat leftovers.
  他们很棒，除了它们只吃剩饭之外。
• I always like to work on leftovers, doing the leftover things.
  我一向喜欢拿剩余的东西来创作，做剩余物的作品。
• Mom dumped the leftovers into the trash can.
  妈妈将厨余丢进垃圾桶里。
• You mind if I take some of the leftovers?
  你介意我拿些残羹剩菜吗？
• Americans hate to waste food. And they can always take their leftovers home without being embarrassed.
  美国人不喜欢浪费食物。他们可能经常把剩饭剩菜带回家，不必感到尴尬。
• At last, my wife had to throw his leftovers.
  最后，我妻子只得将他的剩饭倒掉。
• 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。
• We can warm up the leftovers for supper.
  我们把剩下的饭热一热作为晚饭。
• He cobbled together a meal from leftovers in the fridge.
  他胡乱用冰箱里剩下的东西做了一顿饭。
• At my grandma's, I sometimes had leftovers and it was my grandpa who ate them.
  那是我有时会剩饭，在姥姥家时我所有的剩饭都是姥爷吃的。