leavings

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leav·ings /ˈliːvɪŋz/ noun [plural] old-fashioned  DFthings that are left because people do not want them 剩余物，残余

Examples from the Corpus

leavings• A delicacy made from fried chicken skin and other assorted leavings.• Humble houses were cobbled together from leavings stuccoed over and painted in pastel tones of pink, ochre and yellow.• The main leavings from meals were bones.• The fried rice leavings seemed a year and a half ago.• I get scraps of autobiography, the leavings of tragedy.

leav·ings nounChineseSyllable  

not because things want that people are do left Corpus

leavings
leav‧ings /ˈliːvɪŋz/ noun [plural] old-fashioned
things that are left because people do not want them

leav·ingsBrE /ˈliːvɪŋz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈliːvɪŋz/ 🔊 noun [plural] something that you leave because you do not want it, especially food （不要的）剩余物（尤指剩余饭菜）