| 词汇 | hand-me-down |
| 释义 | hand-me-down noun[ C ] uk /ˈhænd.mɪˌdaʊn/ us /ˈhænd.mɪˌdaʊn/ a piece of clothing that someone has given to a younger person because they no longer want it: （别人穿过的）旧衣服 I got fed up with having to wear my sister's hand-me-downs.我早就受够了穿姐姐的旧衣服。 Clothing - general words all-in-one anti-fur apparel argyle attire cast-offs finery fitter garment get up glad rags haberdasher haberdashery mothball shorty spirit wear street clothes structured suit your best bib and tuckeridiom hand-me-down | American Dictionaryhand-me-down noun[ C ] us/ˈhænd·miˌdɑʊn/ a piece of clothing given to a younger family member or friend because the person who owns it no longer wants it or it no longer fits: Claudia had three older sisters, so she wore a lot of hand-me-downs. Examples of hand-me-downhand-me-down The culture that detainees created was more than a hand-me-down from pre-colonial times. According to this view, phonological structure is not just a passive hand-me-down derived from low-level syntax - it has its own role in shaping the totality of linguistic structure. We can no longer make do with a subsidy system involving hand-me-down from assisted areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It had to use a hand-me-down computer system that could not cope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is merely a hand-me-down legal basis taken over from previous directives, then it is a mistake to keep it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English For example, a family needs two prams; it is not possible to have a hand-me-down pram. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we can say is that there must be an open agenda and that there cannot be consultation by hand-me-down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are nothing but hand-me-down speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Spelling now claims to be repurposing, using hand-me-down clothes for her children, and toning down her children's once lavish birthday parties. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The gift is revealed to be a hand-me-down teddy bear, which appears to be alive in the two-year-old's eyes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In order to create a worn-in, hand-me-down style of clothing, the costumes were airbrushed and dyed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sadly, this sequel... is a hand-me-down... the show meanders all over play-school country. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These tramways are quite advanced technically, with hand-me-down rails cascaded from the normal rails, remote-controlled brake vans, concrete sleepers in places, and tamping machines in miniature. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You don't have the custom things, you don't have the top clothing, and a lot of my stuff was hand-me-downs... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She participated in a charity hand-me-downs auction that started on the website handmedowns.com. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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