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●be ˌleft ˈover (from sth) 🔑 (of food or money 食物或金钱) if food, money, etc. is left over, it remains when the rest has been eaten or used up 剩下;残留◆After I’ve paid my rent and bought food there isn’t much left over to spend on books. 我付掉房租买完食物之后,就没剩下多少钱买书了。◆There was plenty of food left over after the party. 聚会后剩了不少食物。◆There’s some rice left over from lunch. 午饭剩了些米饭。[be + v + adv]▸ ˈleftover noun (BrE) 1. [usually plural] food that has not been eaten and remains after a meal 吃剩的饭菜2. a custom, tradition, etc. that belongs to an earlier time but still exists 遗留下来的风俗(或传统等)◆These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages. 这些窄道是从马车时代沿用下来的。▸ ˈleftover adjective [only before noun] remaining because it has not been eaten or used 吃剩的;用剩的◆leftover vegetables / fabric 吃剩的蔬菜/边角布料 |