| 单词 | second hand |
| 释义 | second hand noun[Cusually singular] uk/ˈsek.ənd ˌhænd/us/ˈsek.ənd ˌhænd/thelong,thinparton someclocksandwatchesthatshowshow manysecondshavepassed 秒针Watches & clocks
second-hand adjective,adverb uk/ˌsek.əndˈhænd/us/ˌsek.əndˈhænd/B1 not new; having been used in the past by someoneelse: 旧（的）；二手（的）Thisbikeis second-hand but it's still in goodcondition.这辆自行车是二手货，但车况还不错。 Shebuysall herclothessecond-hand.她买的衣服都是旧的。
Old or old-fashioned
second-hand| Business Englishsecond-hand adjective COMMERCEuk/ˌsekəndˈhænd/us(alsopre-owned)previouslyownedby someoneelse: second-handcars/goods/market second-handadverb Weboughtit second-hand from a Mercedesdealer. Examplesofsecond handsecond hand When he does name a source, there is often the chance that he is citing that author atsecondhand, through another's work. From theCambridge English Corpus Others have boughtsecondhand, or as sitting tenants from private or public landlords. From theCambridge English Corpus Most reported problems and bene ts were based on personal orsecondhandexperience. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, here is a study in which the author's understanding of the past is far too oftensecond-hand(and not always the bestsecondhand). From theCambridge English Corpus The recommendations are sometimes disseminatedsecondhandlocally in hospitals to particular targets (senior nursing staff, department heads, and so on). From theCambridge English Corpus The cooltest task required participants to watch a sweepsecondhandmove around a clock face in one of two conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus During predictable trials, the noise was presented when thesecondhandreached a tick mark on the clock face. From theCambridge English Corpus The underlining here appears to be asecondhand. From theCambridge English Corpus And they do not seem to be ready to consult it, since they say they find retrieval formidable and much of it irrelevant, except sometimes atsecondhand. From theCambridge English Corpus It was thus favoured by those who felt that information from a single source, whose evidence wassecondhandand possibly involved a misinterpretation, warranted nothing stronger. From theCambridge English Corpus These aresecondhandinformation. From theCambridge English Corpus However, when used outdoors in bright sunlight, we often had to shade the trackball with the user'ssecondhandin order for it to function properly. From theCambridge English Corpus Parenting at home has perhaps beensecondhand, because nannies have taken the bulk of the responsibility for the care of the children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One would not have to wait until tomorrow's newspapers to try to catch up, learning atsecondhandwhat had happened, according to the media. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The transport undertakings in that city were extremely pleased with the performance of those vehicles, even though they weresecondhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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