privy 音標拼音: [pr'ɪvi]
a . 個人的,私人的,秘密的,隱蔽的
n . 有利害關系的人,廁所
個人的,私人的,秘密的,隱蔽的有利害關系的人,廁所
privy adj 1 :
hidden from general view or use ; "
a privy place to rest and think "; "
a secluded romantic spot "; "
a secret garden "
[
synonym : {
privy }, {
secluded }, {
secret }]
2 : (
followed by `
to ')
informed about something secret or not generally known ; "
privy to the details of the conspiracy "
n 1 :
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [
synonym :
{
toilet }, {
lavatory }, {
lav }, {
can }, {
john }, {
privy },
{
bathroom }]
2 :
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [
synonym : {
outhouse }, {
privy }, {
earth -
closet },
{
jakes }]
Privy \
Priv "
y \,
a . [
F .
priv ['
e ],
fr .
L .
privatus .
See {
Private }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
Of or pertaining to some person exclusively ;
assigned to private uses ;
not public ;
private ;
as ,
the privy purse . "
Privee knights and squires ." --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Secret ;
clandestine . "
A privee thief ." --
Chaucer .
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3 .
Appropriated to retirement ;
private ;
not open to the public . "
Privy chambers ." --
Ezek .
xxi .
14 .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction ;
secretly cognizant ;
privately knowing .
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His wife also being privy to it . --
Acts v .
2 .
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Myself am one made privy to the plot . --
Shak .
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{
Privy chamber },
a private apartment in a royal residence .
[
Eng .]
{
Privy council } (
Eng .
Law ),
the principal council of the sovereign ,
composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by the king or queen . --
Burrill .
{
Privy councilor },
a member of the privy council .
{
Privy purse },
moneys set apart for the personal use of the monarch ;
also ,
the title of the person having charge of these moneys . [
Eng .] --
Macaulay .
{
Privy seal }
or {
Privy signet },
the seal which the king uses in grants ,
etc .,
which are to pass the great seal ,
or which he uses in matters of subordinate consequence which do not require the great seal ;
also ,
elliptically ,
the principal secretary of state ,
or person intrusted with the privy seal . [
Eng .]
{
Privy verdict },
a verdict given privily to the judge out of court ; --
now disused . --
Burrill .
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1913 Webster ]
Privy \
Priv "
y \,
n .;
pl . {
Privies }.
1 . (
Law )
A partaker ;
a person having an interest in any action or thing ;
one who has an interest in an estate created by another ;
a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party .
The term ,
in its proper sense ,
is distinguished from party . --
Burrill . --
Wharton .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A necessary house or place for performing excretory functions in private ;
an outhouse ;
a backhouse .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
privy ":
WC ,
alive to ,
anonymous ,
appreciative of ,
apprised of ,
awake to ,
aware of ,
back -
door ,
backhouse ,
backstairs ,
basement ,
bathroom ,
behind the curtain ,
behind the scenes ,
bog ,
buried ,
can ,
clandestine ,
closet ,
cognizant of ,
comfort station ,
concealed ,
conscious of ,
convenience ,
covert ,
crapper ,
earth closet ,
feline ,
furtive ,
head ,
hep to ,
hidden ,
hidlings ,
hole -
and -
corner ,
hugger -
mugger ,
in the know ,
in the secret ,
incognito ,
informed of ,
inmost ,
innermost ,
interior ,
intimate ,
inward ,
isolated ,
jakes ,
john ,
johnny ,
johnny house ,
latrine ,
lavatory ,
let into ,
loo ,
mindful of ,
necessary ,
no stranger to ,
obscured ,
office ,
on to ,
outhouse ,
personal ,
powder room ,
private ,
privileged ,
privy to ,
quiet ,
rest room ,
retired ,
secluded ,
secret ,
seized of ,
sensible of ,
sensible to ,
sequestered ,
shifty ,
shrouded ,
skulking ,
slinking ,
slinky ,
sly ,
sneaking ,
sneaky ,
stealthy ,
streetwise ,
surreptitious ,
toilet ,
toilet room ,
undeceived ,
under -
the -
counter ,
under -
the -
table ,
undercover ,
underground ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
unobtrusive ,
urinal ,
washroom ,
water closet ,
wise to ,
withdrawn
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