（由一方交给另一方） pass; pass on:

• 右边锋把球传给中锋。

  The right wing passed the ball to the centre forward.

• 请阅读并传给王先生。

  Read this and pass it on to Mr. Wang.

• 星期五晚上他传来了这句话。

  On Friday evening he passed this word along.

（由上代交给下代） hand down; bequeath; pass from ...to...:

• 家传秘方

  a secret recipe handed down in the family;

• 祖传宝剑

  a sword bequeathed to the family by their forefathers;

• 前一代将其文明传给后一代。

  One age bequeaths its civilization to the next.

• 我们不能永远遵守过去传下来的传统。

  We cannot always observe the traditions handed down to us from the past.

• 这些风俗是世世代代传下来的。

  These customs have been handed down through the ages.

（传授） pass on (knowledge, skill, etc.); impart; teach:

• 老中医把自己的医术传给年轻一代。

  The old man passed on his knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine to the younger generation.

• 老工人对青年工人不仅言传而且身教。

  The old workers instruct the young workers not only in words but in deeds.

（传播） spread:

• 传为佳话

  become a favorite tale;

• 恶事传千里。

  Ill news spreads everywhere.; Ill news circulates rapidly.; Ill news goes far off.

• 消息很快传开了。

  The news spread quickly.; The news soon got around.

（传导） transmit; conduct; transfer:

• 传热

  transmit heat;

• 金属传电。

  Metals conduct electricity.

（表达） convey; express:

• 眉目传情

  flash amorous glances

（发出命令叫人来） summon:

• 传某人出庭

  summon sb. to court;

• 传证人

  summon a witness

（传染） infect; be contagious:

• 传上了霍乱

  be infected with cholera;

• 小心别让你孩子传上流感。

  Mind that your children don't catch the flu.

（解释经文的著作） commentaries on classics:

• 经传

  Confucian classics and commentaries on them;

• 春秋三传

  the three records or elucidations relative to events covered in Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals

（传记） biography:

• 小传

  biographical sketch; profile;

• 自传

  autobiography;

• 列传

  biographies;

• 外传

  unauthorized biography

（叙述历史故事的作品） novels about historical events:

• 《水浒传》

  Water Margin; Outlaws of the Marsh;

• 《吕梁英雄传》

  The Lüliang Heroes