| 单词 | third-hand |
| 释义 | third hand, third-hand
[third B. 1 and hand n. 10 c, after second-hand.]
1. In advb. phrase at († the) third hand: from a second middleman or intermediary; at the second remove from the original source.
1553Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 141 Na maner of gudis can be had nor coft bot at the thrid hand. a1635Sibbes Confer. Christ & Mary (1656) 67 We have it at the third hand. 1895in Bookman Oct. 23/1 The illustrations..were reproduced from inferior German copies at third-hand.
2. attrib. or as adj. Obtained, copied, or imitated from a second-hand source; further away from the original source, and so more stale, less authoritative, etc., than the second-hand.
1599Marston Sco. Villanie i. iv, Laboring with third⁓hand iests, and Apish skips. 1862Latham Channel Isl. iii. xiv. (ed. 2) 348 The second-hand and third-hand text-books. 1866Macm. Mag. Apr. 521 Resting on mere second-hand, nay, often third-hand information.
b. third-hand dealer, one who deals in third-hand articles.
1864Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 104 Cheated in the purchase of his first buggy by a third-hand dealer in Calcutta. |
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