hand-me-down

短语

a. 传下来的 n. 传下来的东西

发音

US

词形变化

hand-me-downs 复数 hand-me-downs hand-me-downs 三单 hand-me-downing 现在分词 hand-me-downed 过去式 hand-me-downed 过去分词

别名

hand-me-on

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An item that is passed along for someone else to use.

  2. 2.

    A piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by an older sibling and passed down to a younger one.

v.
  1. 1.

    To pass along to someone else.

    罕用
adj.
  1. 1.

    Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user.

    1983, 19th of March, Presidential Radio Address by Ronald Reagan I don't want America's recovery and security to be sacrificed on an altar of discredited hand-me-down theories. And if you'll help us, they won't be.

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词源

See hand down and me.

来源:wiktionary