n.

1. 传统；传统思想[U][C]
   My parents did their best to keep up the family tradition.

   我的父母为了保持家庭的传统竭尽全力。

2. 惯例，常规[C][U]
   This decision represents a complete break with tradition.

   这一决定完全打破了以往的惯例。

3. 传说[C][U]
   According to the old tradition, the first American flag was made by Betsy Ross.

   根据传说，第一面美国国旗是贝特西·罗斯缝制的。

4. 【宗】圣传[C]

n.

1. the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
   ▸a long-established custom or belief passed on from one generation to another.
2. an artistic or literary method or style established by an artist, writer, or movement, and subsequently followed by others.
3. (in Christianity) doctrine not explicit in the Bible but held to derive from the oral teaching of Christ and the Apostles.
   ▸(in Judaism) an ordinance of the oral law not in the Torah but held to have been given by God to Moses.
   ▸(in Islam) a saying or act ascribed to the Prophet but not recorded in the Koran. See Hadith.