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形容詞

second hand (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of secondhand.

使用する際の注意点

• secondhand and second-hand may be preferred spellings for the adjective meaning "not new", to avoid confusion with the noun "second hand" referring to the hand of a clock or watch.

名詞

second hand (複数形 second hands)

1. On a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed.

別の表記

• secondhand
• second-hand

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛkənd ˈhænd/

形容詞

second hand (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of secondhand

使用する際の注意点

• secondhand and second-hand may be preferred spellings for the adjective meaning "not new", to avoid confusion with the noun "second hand" referring to the hand of a clock or watch.

関連する語

• at second hand

名詞

second hand (複数形 second hands)

1. An intermediate person or means; intermediary.
   • 1826, Walter Scott, editor, Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin‎^[1], page 135:

     “My Lord Oxford, by a second hand, proposed my being his chaplain, which I, by a second hand, excused.

   • 1832, James Sheridan Knowles, The Magdalen, and other tales‎^[2], page 3:

     Under certain circumstances there is always a danger in a young man's playing the benefactor towards the other sex, in his own person. A thousand times better do it by a second hand — engage the services of some kind aunt or female cousin.

派生語

• at second hand

語源 2

second (“unit of time”) + hand (“pointer”)

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkənd ˌhænd/

名詞

second hand (複数形 second hands)

1. On a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed.

   Coordinate terms: minute hand, hour hand

   • 2018 April 17, Bryan Camp, The City of Lost Fortunes‎^[3], Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     ... 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 ...

参照

• second hand at OneLook Dictionary Search