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

• 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。
• When you left the restaurant, did you take leftovers?
  你什么时候离开餐馆的，你带走了剩菜吗？
• Refrigerate any leftovers
  把剩菜放进冰箱里。
• 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。
• After thanksgiving, we would eat leftovers for a week!
  感恩节之后，我们得吃一个礼拜的剩菜。
• Managers to eat my leftovers of that moment, I am a little dumbfounded.
  经理吃我剩饭的那一刻，我有些呆住了。
• 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。
• 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。
• They're great, except they only ever eat leftovers.
  他们很棒，除了它们只吃剩饭之外。
• 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。