sec·ond·hand /ˈsɛkən(d)ˈhænd/
(a.)間接獲得的,古舊的,二手的,做舊貨買賣的(ad.)間接地,間接聽來,以舊貨
Sec·ond·hand a.
1. Not original or primary; received from another; as, secondhand information.
They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. --Locke.
2. Not new; already or previously possessed or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.
At second hand. See Hand, n., 10.
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secondhand
adj 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" [syn: used]
adv : by indirect means; "I heard about it only secondhand or
thirdhand"; "he prefers to buy secondhand"