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xiaomeixin

上世纪80年代之前出生的人大部分都经历过“一件衣服两代穿，贵重家什代代传”的时期，英文里这种传下来的旧衣服叫做“hand-me-down”。现在的年轻人没有几个会愿意穿爸妈或哥哥姐姐的旧衣服了，反而是年轻人衣物更新换代频繁，而上一辈人都不忍看着好好的东西被丢弃，于是就出现了与“hand-me-down”完全相反的物品继承模式，也就是由下传上，即“hand-me-up”。

For example:

Linda: Hi, Susan. You look beautiful today! It’s a new coat, isn’t it?

Susan: Yes. I bought it last Sunday.

Linda: How about the green one? The one we bought together last year?

Susan: Oh, I gave it to my mother.

Linda: So it has become a “hand-me-up”!

xiaomeixin

回复 23# leenyao


    yes.

leenyao

回复 22# xiaomeixin


    i think so,but used to not.

xiaomeixin

回复 21# leenyao


    But I think children's clothes are very beautiful and lovely.

leenyao

回复 17# xiaomeixin


    i thought children's ciothes was dull.

xiaomeixin

回复 19# davy10


    Haha,I don't like it.

davy10

why don't you  sell these clothes that you don't like or old-fashioned on internet shop ,
maybe some people like them .

xiaomeixin

回复 16# icy_zhu


    Yes,girl all like buying new and fashion clothes.

xiaomeixin

回复 15# leenyao


    "Hand-me-down"can make you feel fashion?It's old clother from your parents or brothers or sisters.

icy_zhu

I found that it does become true besides us.
hand-me-up,get it~

leenyao

when i was a kid,i perfectly like some hand-me-down because that make me fashion,but i'm the oldest children in my family

kinglongyy

what a new word is . thank you

xiaomeixin

回复 11# float


    Thank you very much.You are right.

float

I wore clothing of my old sister at my childhood

float

回复  Clover4


     The meaning of "hand-me-down" is give your clothes to your parents or wh ...
xiaomeixin 发表于 2010-12-13 09:49

    ????,maybe you make a mistake,should be "hand-me-up" here

xiaomeixin

回复 9# kobe


    Yes.u r right.

kobe

hand-me-up means "上一辈捡下一辈的旧东西"，right?

xiaomeixin

回复 7# 凝轩裔


    Don't you have something share with us?

凝轩裔

Clover4

回复 4# xiaomeixin


    Thanks