right-hand /ˈraɪtˌhænd/
(a.)用右手的,得力的,右側的
right-hand /ˈraɪtˌhænd/ 形容詞
Right-hand a.
1. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop. --Addison.
Right-hand rope, a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
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right-hand
adj 1: located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn"
[syn: right-hand(a)]
2: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: right(a),
right-hand(a)]
3: most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"