second-hand

adjective
🔊/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
🔊/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
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  1. not new; owned by somebody else before旧的;用过的;二手的
    • a second-hand bookshop (= for selling second-hand books)旧书店
    • (especially British English) second-hand cars二手车
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
  2. (often disapproving) (of news, information, etc.消息、信息等) learned from other people, not from your own experience间接得来的;二手的
    • second-hand opinions来自他人的观点

second-hand

adverb
🔊/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
🔊/ˌsekənd ˈhænd/
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  1. if you buy something second-hand, it is not new but has been owned by somebody else before旧的;用过的;二手的
    • I bought the camera second-hand.我买的这架照相机是二手货。🔊🔊
  2. (often disapproving) if you learn something second-hand, you learn it from other people, not from your own experience间接得来的;二手的
    • I only heard about it second-hand.我只是听别人讲的。🔊🔊
  3. compare first-hand