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heirloom

noun
🔊/ˈeəluːm/
🔊/ˈerluːm/
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  1. a valuable object that has belonged to the same family for many years传家宝；世代相传之物
    • a family heirloom传家宝
    Use an, not a, before heirloom.Topics Family and relationshipsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • family
    • precious
    heirloom + verb
    • be passed down
    • come down
    heirloom + noun
    • seed
    • tomato
    • variety
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from heir + loom (noun: which formerly had the senses ‘tool, heirloom’).

heirloom

adjective
🔊/ˈeəluːm/
🔊/ˈerluːm/
[only before noun] (especially North American English)
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  1. heirloom plants are varieties that were commonly grown in the past but are no longer grown as commercial crops（植物）原种的（通常指过去大量种植，但已不再作为经济作物而种植的植物）
    Word Originlate Middle English: from heir + loom (noun: which formerly had the senses ‘tool, heirloom’).