单词 | to hand on |
释义 | > as lemmasto hand on to hand on transitive. To pass (something) on, esp. to the next in a series or succession, or to a later generation or age. Cf. to hand down 1 at Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit > pass on transfude?a1475 derivea1530 transmit1629 derivate1643 to hand down1651 to hand on1685 to pass on1791 1685 A. Lovell tr. G. Bate Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia i. 64 The Scots..had..taken Newcastle, and other strong places, and handed on the Victory into the more Southern parts. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 238 The Infection was handed on, and the Succession of the Distemper really preserv'd. 1783 R. Knipe Course Lect. iv. 229 It seems..to have been handed on, without any considerable interruptions, quite down to our days. 1834 T. Parry Apostleship & Priesthood of Christ vi. (Heb. vii.) 119 They saw them..transmitting an office, which was in fact too weighty for them to bear, to others, who again handed it on to their successors. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ix. 213 The father handed on the work. 1912 E. Gosse Portr. & Sketches p. viii They were all..engaged in keeping bright, and in handing on unquenched, the torch of literary tradition. 1961 Times 28 July 11/4 Has it [sc. the tune ‘Chopsticks’] been handed on since time out of mind by generations of elder brothers and sisters on wet afternoons? 2000 J. Caughie Television Drama iii. 61 ‘Oxbridge’..saw itself as the elite institution where the culture was to be defended and handed on. < as lemmas |
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