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"hand-me-down" 是什麼意思?
"hand-me-down" 是什麼意思?
Teacher Sammy
Teacher Sammy
October 15, 2010
1 min
“hand-me-down” 也是個很不好猜的詞
它可以當名詞, 指送給別人的舊東西或穿過的舊衣服
而且它是可數名詞, 可以加 s
例句: When our first child was born, we got a lot of hand-me-downs from our friends.
hand-me-down 還可以當形容詞, 但是當然就不能加 s
比如: The little boy doesn’t like wearing hand-me-down clothes.
至於它為什麼是這個意思
當然是因為 hand down 傳遞下去的意思
另外還有個意思類似的字是 handout(s)
它除了有 講義的意思外
也可以指施捨給窮人的東西
最近金融危機頻傳
常常會在英文報紙上看到哪個快垮掉的企業集團又要 accept government handouts
指的就是接受政府救濟他們的金錢援助

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