secondhand

英 ['sekənd'hænd] 美 ['sekəndhænd]

• adj. 二手的；间接的；古旧的；做旧货买卖的
• adv. 间接地；作为旧货地

英英释义

Adjective:

1. derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand;

   "a secondhand report"
   "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"
   "most of our knowledge is secondhand"
   

2. previously used or owned by another;

   "bought a secondhand (or used) car"
   

Adverb:

1. by indirect means;

   "I heard about it only secondhand or thirdhand"
   "he prefers to buy secondhand"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He is in the secondhand car trade.
   他是从事二手车买卖的。
2. So moon-light is only secondhand sunlight.
   所以月光仅是间接的阳光。
3. The store deals in secondhand clothes.
   这家商店经营旧衣服。
4. At a secondhand store I ran across the works of his early years.
   我在一家旧货店无意中碰到了他早年的作品.

用作副词 (adv.)

1. I only heard about it secondhand.
   我是间接得到这个消息的。
2. This is a book I bought secondhand years ago.
   这是我几年前买的一本旧书。

词汇搭配

• secondhand smoke 被动吸入的烟...
• secondhand store 旧货店
• secondhand jar 回收玻璃罐

近反义词

【近义词】

• used 使用过的
• hand-me-down 传下来的
• worn 用旧的
• borrowed 借来的
• owned 拥有的
• pre-owned 旧的
• taught 教；教导；教授；教训（动...
• learned 有学问的
• superannuated 老朽的
• old 老的
• antiquated 陈旧的
• antique 古代的
• indirectly 间接地
• circuitously 曲折地
• new 新的
• not 不