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

• 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。
• Mother concocted a rich dinner from leftovers.
  母亲用剩余的食物做了一顿丰盛的晚饭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Refrigerate any leftovers
  把剩菜放进冰箱里。
• She warmed up the leftovers of last night's dinner.
  她热了热昨晚的剩饭。
• 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。
• 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。