handsthdown
—phrasal verbwithhandverb[T]uk/hænd/us/hænd/
(OBJECT)
C2
to give something to someoneyoungerthan you in thefamilybecause youwantthem to have it or because you nolongerneed it
将…传给，将…留给
Thisnecklacewashandeddown to mymotherby mygrandmother.这条项链是外祖母传给我妈妈的。
(TRADITION)
C2
topasstraditionsfromolderpeopletoyoungerones
把…传下去
acustomhandeddown through thegenerations世代相传的风俗
(DECISION)
formal
toannounceanofficialdecision, often adecisionabout how someone should bepunished
宣布（正式决定，常为处罚）
Thecourthandeddown an eight-yearsentence.法庭宣布判处其8年徒刑。