| 单词 | to pass down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pass down to pass down transitive. To hand down or bequeath (esp. to a later generation). Cf. hand v. 7. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance traduce1568 convey1592 bequeath1614 transmit1629 deduce1633 to hand down1722 to pass down1854 1854 M. J. Barry Waterloo Commemoration xx. 26 One at length fair England's crown Obtained, and to his line passed down. 1887 Times 28 Mar. 10/6 It is a matter of tradition, and is passed down from generation to generation. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 65/2 Even those of us who are descended from those women are still proud of them? Aren't we right to treasure the things they have passed down to us? 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 113/1 A pram which has been passed down can be scrubbed and made to look like new. 2002 Isis 93 737/1 Maureen Lux combines ethnohistorical documents with oral tradition passed down to contemporary First Nations elders. < as lemmas |
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