词汇 | change hands |
释义 | Idiom change hands Theme: CHANGE [for something] to be sold or passed from owner to owner.How many times has this house changed hands in the last ten years?We built this house in 1920, and it has never changed hands. Idiom change hands to be moved from one owner to another.Today a record number of shares changed hands on the stock market.Over two centuries, this beautiful city on the border between the two countries changed hands at least four times. change handsTo be acquired or bought by another person or group. The company has changed hands several times but is still on the verge of bankruptcy. The famous painting has changed hands only once since it was first sold. change hands[for something] to be sold or passed from owner to owner. (From the "point of view" of the object that is passed on.) How many times has this lot changed hands in the last ten years? We built this house in 1970, and it has never changed hands. change handsPass from one owner to another. For example, This house seems to change hands every other year, or The contract is valid only when money changes hands. [Second half of 1600s] change handsCOMMON If something changes hands, one person or organization gets it from another, usually by buying it. A bottle of this wine cost around £2 in 1962. Today, the same bottle would change hands for anything up to four hundred pounds. The property has changed hands several times recently. Note: When something is sold for a particular amount of money, you say that amount of money changes hands. Record sums of money changed hands at Christie's in New York, where a portrait by Vincent Van Gogh has been sold for more than eighty million dollars. change hands1 (of a business or building) pass to a different owner. 2 (of money or a marketable commodity) pass to another person in the course of a business transaction.change ˈhandspass to a different owner: The house has changed hands several times.change hands To pass from one owner to another. |
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