| 单词 | second hand |
| 释义 | second hand (once / 8203 pages) 1n 2advn WORD FAMILY second hand: second hands USAGE EXAMPLESShe stared at the wall clock for a while, the one with the broken second hand, before she turned to me. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) “Amnesty International has this information second hand. They have talked to people selectively.” The Guardian(Sep 28, 2016) There’s a tiny, dense bookshop called Fakel Books and a hip clothing store called Second Hand Labor. New York Times(Aug 08, 2016) 1 n hand marking seconds on a timepiece 2Hypo|Hyper sweep hand, sweep-second a second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes hand a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece 1adv from a source of previously owned goods I prefer to buy second hand 2n an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand' he could learn at second hand from books Hyper go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator a negotiator who acts as a link between parties |
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