- 1左右開弓；兩手都能一樣靈活。台灣口語常說「左右開弓」。
If you are ambidextrous, you can use your right hand and your left hand equally well — write, throw, cut, play — as if both hands were your “good” hand. Most people have a stronger side; this word is for the uncommon case where both sides really match.
If you are ambidextrous如果你是ambidextrous的 you can use your right hand and your left hand equally well你的左右手可以用得一樣好 write, throw, cut, play寫字、丟東西、剪東西、玩 as if both hands were your "good" hand就好像兩隻手都是你的慣用手一樣。Most people have a stronger side大部分人都有比較強的那一側 this word is for the uncommon case where both sides really match這個字是用在兩側真的一樣強的少見情況。
Doctors and sports coaches use it as a straight description.
Doctors and sports coaches use it as a straight description醫生和運動教練會直接用這個字來描述
Though actually, people stretch it. Someone “ambidextrous” at work may only mean they are good in two quite different kinds of work, not that they use both hands. Older, rarer English sometimes used it for a person who could play both sides in an argument — not a compliment.
Though actually不過其實 people stretch it大家會把這個字用得更廣。Someone "ambidextrous" at work工作上被說是ambidextrous的人 may only mean they are good in two quite different kinds of work可能只是說他們在兩種完全不同的工作上都很厲害 not that they use both hands不是說他們真的兩手都會用。Older, rarer English sometimes used it比較舊、比較少見的英文有時候會用這個字 for a person who could play both sides in an argument形容一個在爭論裡兩邊都能討好的人 not a compliment這不是稱讚。
The meaning you will meet most is still the hands.
The meaning you will meet most is still the hands你最常遇到的意思還是兩手都會用
core核心畫面
組成From Medieval Latin ambidexter + English -ous. ambi- means “both”; dexter means “right” (the right hand). So the old picture is “both hands are like a right hand.” By the look of the English word, it is also ambi- + dextrous (“skillful”).
同家族的字
- dexteritysame Latin “right hand / skill” piece
- dexterousthe “skillful with the hands” word still sitting inside this one
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ambidextrousadj/ˌæm.biˈdɛk.stɹəs/
- 1
Having equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- Some are […]ambidextrous or right-handed on both sides; which happeneth only unto strong and athletical bodies, whose heat and spirits are able to afford an ability unto both.
- 2
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
- 3
archaicPractising or siding with both parties.
- All False, Shuffling, and Ambidextrous Dealings.
- 4
Of a person, bisexual.
- 5
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
- Michelangelo was a very ambidextrous artist, producing sculptures and frescoes with equal ability.
- For years, by every possible device, we have been raising the prices of our agricultural products against the foreign buyers […] by every device known to the ambidextrous tradesman and financier. The result is that we have raised up other and unexpected competitors in the markets of the world.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。