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sinistral a. 左的,使用左手的,左旋的 左的,使用左手的,左旋的 sinistral adj 1: of or on the left; " a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; " a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost" [ ant: { dextral}] 2: preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; " sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye" Sinistral \ Sin" is* tral\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to { dextral}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells. [ 1913 Webster]
counterclockwise \ coun" ter* clock" wise\ adj. & adv. in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of { clockwise}, or { right- handed} Note: [ Narrower terms: { sinistral} { levororotary, levorotatory}] Syn: left- handed. [ PJC] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " sinistral": backhand, backhanded, circuitous, counterclockwise, deflectional, deviant, deviative, devious, digressive, divagational, divergent, excursive, indirect, larboard, left, left- hand, left- handed, left- wing, left- wingish, levorotatory, liberal, near, nigh, oblique, port, radical, side, sidelong, sinister, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistromanual, sinistrorse, southpaw
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