Definition of third-hand in English:

third-hand

adjective

1(of goods) having had two previous owners.
（物品）已两度有人使用过的，三手的
a third-hand dinner suit
三手的宴会服。
Example sentencesExamples
- Brad looked around his extremely messy apartment, filled with third-hand furniture, pizza boxes and scattered personal items.
- The first shop in the precinct is full of third-hand hi-fis, CDs and musical instruments.
- Mine was a dreadful affair with third-hand badges badly sewn on and once I was summoned to see Miss Gillies about it.
- My mother was a widow, I was the eldest of five and my tatty uniform had been bought second or third-hand.
- It might be third-hand with 135,000 miles on the clock, but it's still a nice car.
- The ‘new’ bike, a third-hand ten-speed racer, had been given to Ian's dad by someone he worked with at the new office.
- One by one, his brilliant strategies fell to tatters like the third-hand law books in his shabby office.
2(of information) acquired from or via several intermediate sources and consequently not authoritative or reliable.
（信息）第三手的，不可靠的，不权威的
the accounts are third-hand, told years after the event
这传闻属第三手资料，在事件发生数年之后才传开的。
Example sentencesExamples
- I was told by this police officer, who was telling me about a third-hand conversation that no one was supposed to hear about.
- By third-hand account I know of a man for whom model soldiers are a passion.
- Arcesilaus left no writings of his own, so we must rely on second and third-hand reports in order to reconstruct his views.
- You produce, as fact, third-hand accounts from thirty years ago.
- He had heard various second and third-hand reports.
- Assuming this report is true, it's amazing how our top officials put so much trust in a third-hand account by someone they didn't even know.
- There is more fascination in this documentary than in any number of supposedly authoritative historical textbooks written by those only with second- or third-hand experience.
- Meanwhile they continue to publish more third-hand hearsay from the British insurance industry.
- Any experienced historian such as Walsh should know that the third-hand writings of second-hand information taken half a century after an event concluded are dubious at best.
- That evidence was third-hand by the time we heard it and could not effectively be challenged, but it merits investigation.
- It is not an easy task; we often hear second or third-hand information.
- These people base their reality on a set of stories, their hard opinions on fables and third-hand tales, rather than embracing the morality of these stories.
- I'd met few who'd been to the country, and from second and third-hand reports I'd heard, I imagined a strange land of bicycle-avalanches and where vegetarians ate grass.
- So far India has received information about their demands only through second- and third-hand sources.
- That's typical of the news we get from the media: a third-hand subjective slant on an interpretation of a glimpse of a surface flash as seen by a career persona.
- We listen to third-hand hearsay about the woman in the flat below or some friend of a friend currently manning the hospital barricades
- As I say, this report is at least third-hand so it may not be entirely accurate, but it sounds like good news for science-fiction fans.
- The operation was still underway and he was only able to give her a third-hand account of events that were still unfolding.
- The story is third-hand, so the details are a bit vague to me, but basically the CO told some of the soldiers to take the prisoners to the POW camp, and be back in fifteen minutes.
- Seeing as it's a translation of a third-hand account, I don't think I'll be using this quote in my story.

adverb

From or via several intermediate sources.
经几道中间环节，间接地
I heard about the case third-hand
我间接地听说了这个案件。
Example sentencesExamples
- Two days were set aside to hear from journalists who had not been present on the day but had reported the story third-hand.
- This comes to me third-hand, and its veracity is possibly a bit suspect.
- Most got their ‘evidence’ about Africans and non-Europeans second and third-hand from the actual conquerors and enslavers.
- Issac is certainly talking, although what he is actually saying is uncertain as it is being passed on third-hand and via translation.
- The litigants don't have to worry if their information comes third-hand.
- I keep hearing the medical information third-hand, through a bunch of non-medical people, so this is probably altogether wrong.

Definition of third-hand in US English:

third-hand

(also thirdhand)

adjectiveˌθərdˈhændˌTHərdˈhand

1(of goods) having had two previous owners.
（物品）已两度有人使用过的，三手的
a thirdhand dinner suit
三手的宴会服。
Example sentencesExamples
- The first shop in the precinct is full of third-hand hi-fis, CDs and musical instruments.
- Mine was a dreadful affair with third-hand badges badly sewn on and once I was summoned to see Miss Gillies about it.
- One by one, his brilliant strategies fell to tatters like the third-hand law books in his shabby office.
- The ‘new’ bike, a third-hand ten-speed racer, had been given to Ian's dad by someone he worked with at the new office.
- It might be third-hand with 135,000 miles on the clock, but it's still a nice car.
- My mother was a widow, I was the eldest of five and my tatty uniform had been bought second or third-hand.
- Brad looked around his extremely messy apartment, filled with third-hand furniture, pizza boxes and scattered personal items.
2(of information) acquired from or via several intermediate sources and consequently not authoritative or reliable.
（信息）第三手的，不可靠的，不权威的
the accounts are third-hand, told years after the event
这传闻属第三手资料，在事件发生数年之后才传开的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile they continue to publish more third-hand hearsay from the British insurance industry.
- Seeing as it's a translation of a third-hand account, I don't think I'll be using this quote in my story.
- That's typical of the news we get from the media: a third-hand subjective slant on an interpretation of a glimpse of a surface flash as seen by a career persona.
- I was told by this police officer, who was telling me about a third-hand conversation that no one was supposed to hear about.
- I'd met few who'd been to the country, and from second and third-hand reports I'd heard, I imagined a strange land of bicycle-avalanches and where vegetarians ate grass.
- Any experienced historian such as Walsh should know that the third-hand writings of second-hand information taken half a century after an event concluded are dubious at best.
- The story is third-hand, so the details are a bit vague to me, but basically the CO told some of the soldiers to take the prisoners to the POW camp, and be back in fifteen minutes.
- By third-hand account I know of a man for whom model soldiers are a passion.
- He had heard various second and third-hand reports.
- It is not an easy task; we often hear second or third-hand information.
- We listen to third-hand hearsay about the woman in the flat below or some friend of a friend currently manning the hospital barricades
- You produce, as fact, third-hand accounts from thirty years ago.
- The operation was still underway and he was only able to give her a third-hand account of events that were still unfolding.
- There is more fascination in this documentary than in any number of supposedly authoritative historical textbooks written by those only with second- or third-hand experience.
- As I say, this report is at least third-hand so it may not be entirely accurate, but it sounds like good news for science-fiction fans.
- So far India has received information about their demands only through second- and third-hand sources.
- Arcesilaus left no writings of his own, so we must rely on second and third-hand reports in order to reconstruct his views.
- These people base their reality on a set of stories, their hard opinions on fables and third-hand tales, rather than embracing the morality of these stories.
- That evidence was third-hand by the time we heard it and could not effectively be challenged, but it merits investigation.
- Assuming this report is true, it's amazing how our top officials put so much trust in a third-hand account by someone they didn't even know.

adverbˌθərdˈhændˌTHərdˈhand

From or via several intermediate sources.
经几道中间环节，间接地
I heard about the case thirdhand
我间接地听说了这个案件。
Example sentencesExamples
- Issac is certainly talking, although what he is actually saying is uncertain as it is being passed on third-hand and via translation.
- I keep hearing the medical information third-hand, through a bunch of non-medical people, so this is probably altogether wrong.
- Most got their ‘evidence’ about Africans and non-Europeans second and third-hand from the actual conquerors and enslavers.
- Two days were set aside to hear from journalists who had not been present on the day but had reported the story third-hand.
- The litigants don't have to worry if their information comes third-hand.
- This comes to me third-hand, and its veracity is possibly a bit suspect.

词汇	third-hand
释义	Definition of third-hand in English: third-hand adjective 1(of goods) having had two previous owners. （物品）已两度有人使用过的，三手的 a third-hand dinner suit 三手的宴会服。 Example sentencesExamples Brad looked around his extremely messy apartment, filled with third-hand furniture, pizza boxes and scattered personal items. The first shop in the precinct is full of third-hand hi-fis, CDs and musical instruments. Mine was a dreadful affair with third-hand badges badly sewn on and once I was summoned to see Miss Gillies about it. My mother was a widow, I was the eldest of five and my tatty uniform had been bought second or third-hand. It might be third-hand with 135,000 miles on the clock, but it's still a nice car. The ‘new’ bike, a third-hand ten-speed racer, had been given to Ian's dad by someone he worked with at the new office. One by one, his brilliant strategies fell to tatters like the third-hand law books in his shabby office. 2(of information) acquired from or via several intermediate sources and consequently not authoritative or reliable. （信息）第三手的，不可靠的，不权威的 the accounts are third-hand, told years after the event 这传闻属第三手资料，在事件发生数年之后才传开的。 Example sentencesExamples I was told by this police officer, who was telling me about a third-hand conversation that no one was supposed to hear about. By third-hand account I know of a man for whom model soldiers are a passion. Arcesilaus left no writings of his own, so we must rely on second and third-hand reports in order to reconstruct his views. You produce, as fact, third-hand accounts from thirty years ago. He had heard various second and third-hand reports. Assuming this report is true, it's amazing how our top officials put so much trust in a third-hand account by someone they didn't even know. There is more fascination in this documentary than in any number of supposedly authoritative historical textbooks written by those only with second- or third-hand experience. Meanwhile they continue to publish more third-hand hearsay from the British insurance industry. Any experienced historian such as Walsh should know that the third-hand writings of second-hand information taken half a century after an event concluded are dubious at best. That evidence was third-hand by the time we heard it and could not effectively be challenged, but it merits investigation. It is not an easy task; we often hear second or third-hand information. These people base their reality on a set of stories, their hard opinions on fables and third-hand tales, rather than embracing the morality of these stories. I'd met few who'd been to the country, and from second and third-hand reports I'd heard, I imagined a strange land of bicycle-avalanches and where vegetarians ate grass. So far India has received information about their demands only through second- and third-hand sources. That's typical of the news we get from the media: a third-hand subjective slant on an interpretation of a glimpse of a surface flash as seen by a career persona. We listen to third-hand hearsay about the woman in the flat below or some friend of a friend currently manning the hospital barricades As I say, this report is at least third-hand so it may not be entirely accurate, but it sounds like good news for science-fiction fans. The operation was still underway and he was only able to give her a third-hand account of events that were still unfolding. The story is third-hand, so the details are a bit vague to me, but basically the CO told some of the soldiers to take the prisoners to the POW camp, and be back in fifteen minutes. Seeing as it's a translation of a third-hand account, I don't think I'll be using this quote in my story. adverb From or via several intermediate sources. 经几道中间环节，间接地 I heard about the case third-hand 我间接地听说了这个案件。 Example sentencesExamples Two days were set aside to hear from journalists who had not been present on the day but had reported the story third-hand. This comes to me third-hand, and its veracity is possibly a bit suspect. Most got their ‘evidence’ about Africans and non-Europeans second and third-hand from the actual conquerors and enslavers. Issac is certainly talking, although what he is actually saying is uncertain as it is being passed on third-hand and via translation. The litigants don't have to worry if their information comes third-hand. I keep hearing the medical information third-hand, through a bunch of non-medical people, so this is probably altogether wrong. Definition of third-hand in US English: third-hand (also thirdhand) adjectiveˌθərdˈhændˌTHərdˈhand 1(of goods) having had two previous owners. （物品）已两度有人使用过的，三手的 a thirdhand dinner suit 三手的宴会服。 Example sentencesExamples The first shop in the precinct is full of third-hand hi-fis, CDs and musical instruments. Mine was a dreadful affair with third-hand badges badly sewn on and once I was summoned to see Miss Gillies about it. One by one, his brilliant strategies fell to tatters like the third-hand law books in his shabby office. The ‘new’ bike, a third-hand ten-speed racer, had been given to Ian's dad by someone he worked with at the new office. It might be third-hand with 135,000 miles on the clock, but it's still a nice car. My mother was a widow, I was the eldest of five and my tatty uniform had been bought second or third-hand. Brad looked around his extremely messy apartment, filled with third-hand furniture, pizza boxes and scattered personal items. 2(of information) acquired from or via several intermediate sources and consequently not authoritative or reliable. （信息）第三手的，不可靠的，不权威的 the accounts are third-hand, told years after the event 这传闻属第三手资料，在事件发生数年之后才传开的。 Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile they continue to publish more third-hand hearsay from the British insurance industry. Seeing as it's a translation of a third-hand account, I don't think I'll be using this quote in my story. That's typical of the news we get from the media: a third-hand subjective slant on an interpretation of a glimpse of a surface flash as seen by a career persona. I was told by this police officer, who was telling me about a third-hand conversation that no one was supposed to hear about. I'd met few who'd been to the country, and from second and third-hand reports I'd heard, I imagined a strange land of bicycle-avalanches and where vegetarians ate grass. Any experienced historian such as Walsh should know that the third-hand writings of second-hand information taken half a century after an event concluded are dubious at best. The story is third-hand, so the details are a bit vague to me, but basically the CO told some of the soldiers to take the prisoners to the POW camp, and be back in fifteen minutes. By third-hand account I know of a man for whom model soldiers are a passion. He had heard various second and third-hand reports. It is not an easy task; we often hear second or third-hand information. We listen to third-hand hearsay about the woman in the flat below or some friend of a friend currently manning the hospital barricades You produce, as fact, third-hand accounts from thirty years ago. The operation was still underway and he was only able to give her a third-hand account of events that were still unfolding. There is more fascination in this documentary than in any number of supposedly authoritative historical textbooks written by those only with second- or third-hand experience. As I say, this report is at least third-hand so it may not be entirely accurate, but it sounds like good news for science-fiction fans. So far India has received information about their demands only through second- and third-hand sources. Arcesilaus left no writings of his own, so we must rely on second and third-hand reports in order to reconstruct his views. These people base their reality on a set of stories, their hard opinions on fables and third-hand tales, rather than embracing the morality of these stories. That evidence was third-hand by the time we heard it and could not effectively be challenged, but it merits investigation. Assuming this report is true, it's amazing how our top officials put so much trust in a third-hand account by someone they didn't even know. adverbˌθərdˈhændˌTHərdˈhand From or via several intermediate sources. 经几道中间环节，间接地 I heard about the case thirdhand 我间接地听说了这个案件。 Example sentencesExamples Issac is certainly talking, although what he is actually saying is uncertain as it is being passed on third-hand and via translation. I keep hearing the medical information third-hand, through a bunch of non-medical people, so this is probably altogether wrong. Most got their ‘evidence’ about Africans and non-Europeans second and third-hand from the actual conquerors and enslavers. Two days were set aside to hear from journalists who had not been present on the day but had reported the story third-hand. The litigants don't have to worry if their information comes third-hand. This comes to me third-hand, and its veracity is possibly a bit suspect.
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