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 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？
• 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。
• Package the leftovers for next day when you have dinner in a restaurant.
  当你在餐馆吃饭时，可以将剩菜打包第二天可以吃。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a matter of fact, forget about the leftovers. let's celebrate.
  事实上，忘了剩饭，让我们庆祝吧。
• 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。
• She warmed up the leftovers of last night's dinner.
  她热了热昨晚的剩饭。