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 cleared the leftovers from the table.
  她清掉桌上的剩饭剩菜。
• 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。
• I'll never be able to wrap leftovers again.
  我以后再也不用保鲜膜了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.
  他能用厨房里几样剩饭作出一顿美餐。
• 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。