hand-me-down + noun
作定语，直接放在名词前，表示衣物等是别人用过再传下来的。
She gave me a bag of hand-me-down clothes.
她给了我一袋别人穿过的衣服。
传下来的
Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user.
She wore her older sister's hand-me-down coat to school.
她穿着姐姐的旧外套去上学。
用法提示：此处hand-me-down作为形容词修饰coat，表示继承来的旧衣物。
The furniture in our apartment is mostly hand-me-down from relatives.
我们公寓里的家具大多是亲戚传下来的。
用法提示：hand-me-down在此作形容词，修饰furniture，指从他人处获得的二手物品。
He learned to play guitar on a hand-me-down instrument that his uncle gave him.
他用叔叔给的旧吉他学会了弹吉他。
用法提示：hand-me-down修饰instrument，表示由他人传递下来的旧物。
作定语，直接放在名词前，表示衣物等是别人用过再传下来的。
She gave me a bag of hand-me-down clothes.
她给了我一袋别人穿过的衣服。
用 from 说明上一任使用者是谁。
These are hand-me-down books from my cousin.
这些是我表姐传下来的书。
grammar · medium
易错句子He wore a hand-me-down clothes to school.
正确表达He wore hand-me-down clothes to school.
clothes 是复数名词，hand-me-down 只是前置定语形容词；不能在形容词前加不定冠词 a 来修饰复数 clothes。
grammar · medium
易错句子She gave me some hand-me-downs toys.
正确表达She gave me some hand-me-down toys.
hand-me-down 作前置定语时形式不变，不能加复数 -s；即使指多件物品，也仍用 hand-me-down 修饰 toys。
grammar · medium
易错句子I got this sweater hand-me-down from my brother.
正确表达I got this hand-me-down sweater from my brother.
hand-me-down 是形容词，只能作定语修饰名词，不能像副词一样直接修饰 got；应放在 sweater 前。
second-hand 泛指从商店或个人处买来的旧物，适用范围广；hand-me-down 特指家人或熟人传下来的旧衣物等，强调“传下来”的来源。
used 只说明物品已被使用过，语气中性且适用范围最广；hand-me-down 强调由前一个使用者（常为家人）传下来，多指衣物。
handout 是名词，指免费发放的物品或讲义；hand-me-down 是形容词，指别人传下来的二手物品。两者拼写相近，但词性和意思不同。
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