second-hand
🇬🇧 UK/'sekәnd'hænd/🇺🇸 US
IELTS
Definitions
adj.
Previously owned and used by another person; not new
二手的,旧的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishsecondother
+
-connector
+
handother
=second-hand
Common Collocations
- 1.second-hand car二手车
- 2.second-hand shop二手店
- 3.second-hand information间接信息
- 4.second-hand smoke二手烟
Example Sentences
- 1.
She furnished her entire apartment with second-hand furniture from local thrift stores.
- 2.
Buying a second-hand car can save you thousands of dollars compared to buying new.
- 3.
He only had second-hand information about the incident and couldn't confirm the details.