privy
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
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A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
— To counteract these degrading effects he advised that the privy should be in every house the room nearest to heaven, […].
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A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
— Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
- A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
形容词 adj.
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Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
— The king retreated to his privy chamber.
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Secret, hidden, concealed.
— Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts.
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With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
— He was privy to the discussions.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”). Doublet of private.
词源 2
From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, deprive; to free, release”). Doublet of private.
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