"leavings" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 剩菜剩飯
• 殘渣

Definition

主要部分被拿走或使用後剩下的東西，特別是剩菜剩飯或殘渣。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式或文學語境，通常指剩菜剩飯，也可泛指其他殘渣。現代口語較常用“剩菜剩飯”或“殘渣”。

Examples

The dog ate the leavings under the table.

狗把桌子下的**剩菜剩飯**喫光了。

We threw away the leavings after dinner.

晚餐後我們把**剩菜剩飯**丟掉了。

Ants carried away the sweet leavings.

螞蟻們搬走了甜的**殘渣**。

After the party, the only thing left on the table were a few sad leavings.

派對結束後，桌上只剩下一些可憐的**剩菜剩飯**。

He poked at the leavings on his plate and sighed.

他撥弄著盤子裡的**殘渣**，嘆了口氣。

The forest floor was covered with the leavings of last autumn.

森林地面上覆蓋著去年秋天的**殘渣**。