词组 | leftovers |
释义 | rest • leftovers • remains (of) • remainder - They make the leftovers into soup and call it minestrone. (Not * rests* * remainders*, preferable to remains when we don't say what is 'left over') (= food that hasn't been eaten at a meal) - What am I going to do with the remains of last night's meal? (Not *rests* * remainders*; preferable to leftovers) (remains = 'what is left of a meal' is too general to be used without of+ noun: the remains of the me - Bach's remains have been moved to Leipzig. (Not *leftovers* *rests* *remainders*) (= what is left of a dead body; but note also ancient remains = ruins of old buildings) |
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