单词 | hand-me-down |
释义 | hand-me-down /hand"mee down', han"-/, n. 1. an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones. 2. any item not new that is or can be used again: Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs. adj. 3. passed along for further use by others: some hand-me-down clothes from my older brother. 4. borrowed or adapted from other sources; derivative: a street full of hand-me-down architecture. [1870-75] |
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