hand-me-down
二手货,遗赠品,手办,残羹剩饭
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- : 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.
- : any item not new that is or can be used again: Our office furniture was a collection of hand-me-downs.
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- : passed along for further use by others: some hand-me-down clothes from my older brother.
- : borrowed or adapted from other sources; derivative: a street full of hand-me-down architecture.
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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
Eating disorders, on the other hand, are driven largely by biological processes that occur on the inside.
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.