1especially British EnglishBrE informalPPG someone who has left-wing political ideas – used to show disapproval 左翼分子〔含贬义〕
a group of liberals and lefties
一群开明人士和左翼分子
2.especially American EnglishAmE informalHBH someone who uses their left hand for writing, throwing etc 左撇子
—leftyadjectiveadj
I don’t get on with his lefty friends.
我和他那些左派朋友合不来。
Examples from the Corpus
lefty• Chris, a lefty, was a serious-minded player.• Leadoff hitter Brett Hardy, a lefty, hit a line drive to left field.• With one out, Valentine brought in a lefty, Takashi Kashiwada, to force Veras to batright-handed.• But you never know with your dumbhippylefty types.• Glorying in her nationalmandate, she despised local councillors as loonie lefties or loopy liberals.• You know how these lefties are, they read Marx and stop seeing reality.• He tells me Oxford is boiling with lefties.• Saunders struck out leadoff batter Bip Roberts, but it was all downhill for the young lefty after that.