heirloom

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛə.luːm/    美 /ˈɛɚ.lum/|[ˈɛɹ.lum]|/ˈeː.lʉːm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations.
    — Morning rehearsal starts at eleven. Wheeler takes a taxi from the hotel to the venue, bringing his tuxedo and his violin with him. His violin is an heirloom, more than a hundred years old, and while he's touring it never leaves his sight. (His tuxedo is just a tuxedo.)
  2. An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.
    — My last trip to the market barely yielded enough unmealy heirlooms for a couple of salads.

词形变化

heirlooms plural heir-loom alternative

词汇关系

相关词
heritage landrace

词源

Inherited from Middle English heirlome (“heirloom”, literally “a tool or article passed to one's heirs”). By surface analysis, heir + loom.
Displaced native Old English fæderġestrēon.
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