| 词汇 | second-hand |
| 释义 | second hand noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈsek.ənd ˌhænd/ us /ˈsek.ənd ˌhænd/ the long, thin part on some clocks and watches that shows how many seconds have passed秒针 Watches & clocks 24-hour clock against the clockidiom alarm alarm clock at/on the stroke of somethingidiom atomic clock clock horology hour hand hourglass lose military time minute hand movement stroke timepiece turn the clocks backphrase twenty-four-hour clock unsynchronized watchband second-hand adjective, adverb uk /ˌsek.əndˈhænd/ us /ˌsek.əndˈhænd/ B1 not new; having been used in the past by someone else: 旧（的）;二手（的） This bike is second-hand but it's still in good condition.这辆自行车是二手货，但车况还不错。 She buys all her clothes second-hand.她买的衣服都是旧的。 a second-hand car dealer二手汽车经销商 Did you buy your bike new or second-hand?你买的自行车是新的还是二手货？ We've just bought a second-hand piano. I bought a job lot of second-hand children's books. There's a flourishing trade in second-hand video machines. Old or old-fashioned age-old ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilization fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily out of date outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart second-hand | Business Englishsecond-hand adjective COMMERCEuk /ˌsekəndˈhænd/us(alsopre-owned) previously owned by someone else: second-hand cars/goods/market second-handadverb We bought it second-hand from a Mercedes dealer. Examples of second handsecond hand When he does name a source, there is often the chance that he is citing that author at secondhand, through another's work. Others have bought secondhand, or as sitting tenants from private or public landlords. Most reported problems and bene ts were based on personal or secondhand experience. Indeed, here is a study in which the author's understanding of the past is far too often second-hand (and not always the best secondhand). The recommendations are sometimes disseminated secondhand locally in hospitals to particular targets (senior nursing staff, department heads, and so on). The cooltest task required participants to watch a sweep secondhand move around a clock face in one of two conditions. During predictable trials, the noise was presented when the secondhand reached a tick mark on the clock face. The underlining here appears to be a secondhand. 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 at secondhand. It was thus favoured by those who felt that information from a single source, whose evidence was secondhand and possibly involved a misinterpretation, warranted nothing stronger. These are secondhand information. However, when used outdoors in bright sunlight, we often had to shade the trackball with the user's secondhand in order for it to function properly. Parenting at home has perhaps been secondhand, 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One would not have to wait until tomorrow's newspapers to try to catch up, learning at secondhand what had happened, according to the media. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The transport undertakings in that city were extremely pleased with the performance of those vehicles, even though they were secondhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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