英语释义

• preference for using the left hand

片语

southpaw用左手的

sinistral左撇子

英汉例句

• it also suggests that biochemical left-handedness confers no selective advantage.

  它也说明生物化学上的左旋分子并不带来选择优势。

• but that raises a further question: if left-handedness is beneficial, then why is it so rare?

  但是那样却又提出了一个更深一层的问题：要是左撇子真的有利，可为什么他们的数量那么少呢？

• some historians have suggested that da vinci's left-handedness added to his genius, because it forced him to think and see in an extraordinary way.

  一些历史学家认为达芬奇的天才有部分归功于他的左撇子，因为这迫使他从奇特的角度来思考和观察。

• it all seems to parallel ideas about left-handedness in human cultures.

  人类文明在对待左撇子的观念上似乎全是对等的。

• interestingly, left-handedness and asthma have also been linked to testosterone and it is now known that men who smoke or drink excessively have reduced levels in their blood.

  有趣的是，左撇子和哮喘也和与睪酮有关。目前已知，过度吸烟和酗酒者血液中的睪酮水平偏低。

• what mechanisms, control handedness and keep left-handedness rare?

  什么机制控制着手性使得左旋型变得稀缺？

• some researchers argue there is evidence for cases of 「pathological」 left-handedness related to brain trauma during birth.

  一些研究者辩说说，有证据表白一些「病理学上的」左撇子与出生时候的脑创伤有关。

• also, some more restrictive societies show less left-handedness in their populations than other more permissive societies.

  对比与那些越发宽容的社会，在一些限制更多的社会中，利用左手的人要少一些。

相似词

awkward尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的

butterfingered易滑掉的

clumsy笨拙地

graceless粗野的；不知礼的；不知耻的

ham-fisted拳头很大的；愚笨的，笨手笨脚的

ham-handed笨手笨脚的；手特大的

handless无手的；笨手笨脚的；赤手空拳的

heavy-handed严厉的；笨手笨脚的；手辣的

maladroit笨拙的；不灵巧的；愚钝的

unhandy不灵巧的；不方便的；笨拙的

相反词

deft灵巧的；机敏的；敏捷熟练的

handy(Handy) （美、印、加）汉迪（人名）