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

• She warmed up the leftovers of last night's dinner.
  她热了热昨晚的剩饭。
• 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。
• Clear away the bowls, dishes and leftovers as soon as you finish eating.
  你吃完饭就把碗、碟、剩菜收了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Daniel: I guess we are the leftovers in this world.
  丹尼尔：我看，我们是这个世上没人要的人。
• You mind if I take some of the leftovers?
  你介意我拿些残羹剩菜吗？
• 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。
• We can warm up the leftovers for supper.
  我们把剩下的饭热一热作为晚饭。
• She cleared away the dishes and leftovers [ the tea-things].
  他把盘子和剩菜[茶具]收走了。