second hand

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An intermediate person or means; intermediary.
    — “My Lord Oxford, by a second hand, proposed my being his chaplain, which I, by a second hand, excused.
  2. On the clock face of a clock or watch, the hand (pointer) that shows the number of seconds that have passed.
    — ... the ticking of a second hand. Tick, tick, tick. The clock. Jude wrenched himself free of his gift's trance, surprised that there wasn't a tearing sound when his hand came free of the doubloon. The visions fell away, and he felt his ...
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative form of secondhand. alt-of,alternative,not-comparable

词形变化

secondhand alternative second-hand alternative second hands plural secondhand alternative second-hand alternative second hands plural

词源

词源 1
second (ordinal) + hand (“party”)
词源 2
second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”)
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