hand-me-down
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈhænd.mɪˌdaʊn]
- 美式音标 [ˈhænd.mɪˌdaʊn]
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- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 傳下來的；現成而價廉質次的
- n. 傳下來的東西；現成的廉價衣服
英汉例句
- Younger kids know the pain of hand-me-downs , the clothes they inherit from bigger siblings.
家裡麪小一點的孩子都知道從哥哥姐姐那裡接衣服穿的煩惱。
yuweiying.spaces.live.com - They particularly object to schools’ tendency to change uniforms on a whim, which means that costs cannot be cut by buying second-hand or dressing younger siblings in hand-me-downs.
他們尤其反對學校時不時心血來潮地換校服，因爲這就意味著不能給孩子買二手的校服或讓他們穿兄弟姐妹的衣服來節省開支。 - It was literally a "cabinet of curios", including a Dodo, artefacts acquired from credulous Native Americans and hand-me-downs from the Tradescants.
老館是名副其實的“古玩櫃”，其中包括一個古代巨鳥，從好哄騙的美洲原住民那裡得來的手工藝品，以及屈森特家族一代一代傳下來的藏品。 - The opposite will be true. I will have a lot of money to buy clothes and my sister will get hand-me-downs from me.
- Hand-me-downs are great because clothes often cost too much money.
- Some of the clothes I like best are hand-me-downs.
- Shaking like a rag in her hand-me-downs and in the shoes that were four sizes too big!
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英英字典
- a piece of clothing that someone has given to a younger person because they no longer want it
- Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use.
- Hand-me-down is used to describe things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use.