left-over

left-over — adjective

1. (of food, money, or material) still there to be eaten, spent, or used, because t

1.形容詞B1
釋義

(of food, money, or material) still there to be eaten, spent, or used, because the rest has already been finished.

例句

Kemi packed the left-over rice into a small box for lunch.

attributive: left-over + food noun

We used the left-over paint to cover the old garden fence.

left-over describes unused material you can still use

同義詞
  • remaining

    more general and slightly more formal; works for time and space, not only food

  • surplus

    extra beyond what was needed, often of money or supplies

  • unused

    emphasises that it was never touched, not merely partly finished

文法句型

left-over + noun

用法筆記

Almost always comes before the noun it describes (left-over food, left-over paint); speakers rarely place it after 'be'.

常見錯誤

❌I ate the left-over.
✅I ate the left-over rice.
💡as an adjective it needs a noun after it; the bare word is the noun form 'left-overs'.

left-over — noun