ambidextrous

• adj.器用; 二枚舌.

接頭辞 ambi-, 両側。語根dext、右利き、器用さを指す。

ambidextrous

ambidextrous: [16] Ambidextrous means literally ‘right-handed on both sides’. It was formed in Latin from the prefix ambi- ‘both’ and the adjective dexter ‘right-handed’ (source of English dextrous). Ambi- corresponds to the Latin adjective ambo ‘both’, which derived ultimately from the Indo-European base *amb- ‘around’ (an element in the source of ambassador and embassy).

The second element in Latin ambo seems to correspond to Old English ba ‘both’, which is related to modern English both. Other English words formed with the prefix amb(i)- include ambient [16] (which came, like ambition, from Latin ambīre ‘go round’), ambit [16] (from Latin ambitus ‘circuit’), ambiguous, ambition, amble, and ambulance.
=> dextrous

ambidextrous (adj.)

1640s, with -ous, from ambidexter (adj.) "double-dealing" (1610s), from French ambidextre or directly from Latin ambidexter, literally "right-handed on both sides," from ambi- "both" (see ambi-) + dexter "right-handed" (see dexterity). Its opposite, ambilevous "left-handed on both sides, clumsy" (1640s) is rare. Ambidexter as a noun, "one who takes bribes from both sides," is attested from 1530s and is the earliest form of the word in English; its sense of "one who uses both hands equally well" appears by 1590s.

1. Jack is an ambidextrous hitter、he can bat right-handed or left-handed.

ジャックは両手が器用な打撃手、彼は右手や左手で打つことができる。

2.A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ambidextrous .

スイッチは野球打者に自然に二心を持つべきだ。

3.I 'm neither left-handed nor right-handed ; I 'm ambidextrous .

私は左手か右手だけではありません。私は両手を併用しています。

4.All are 15-shot pistols.All Ruger P 89 pistols feature an ambidextrous magazine release button.

このシリーズはすべて15発の射撃ピストルで、左右の手が活用できる弾倉リリースボタンが搭載されているのが特徴だ。

5.Use your mouse with your left or right hand- ambidextrous design makes it comfortable either way.

左右の手の操作が適切で、このような器用な外観設計は左右の手の使用習慣を同時にサポートすることができる。