Privy

['prɪvɪ] or ['prɪvi]

解釋/意思:

(adj.) hidden from general view or use; 'a privy place to rest and think'; 'a secluded romantic spot'; 'a secret garden' .

(adj.) (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known; 'privy to the details of the conspiracy' .

校對:潘西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

(a.) Secret; clandestine.

(a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.

(a.) Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

格里菲思校對

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar, particular.[2]. Secret, clandestine.[3]. Cognizant of, acquainted with.

n. Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.

安东尼娅手打

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Secret, clandestine, cognizant, acquainted_with

ANT:Open, unsealed, {not_acquainted_with}, not_cognizant_of,[See PRIVATE]

校對:普拉特

解釋/意思:

adj. private: pertaining to one person: for private uses: secret: appropriated to retirement: admitted to the knowledge of something secret.—n. (law) a person having an interest in an action: a necessary house.—adv. Priv′ily privately: secretly.—ns. Priv′ity secrecy: something kept private: knowledge shared with another of something private or confidential: knowledge implying concurrence: relation between different interests as for example in feudal tenure the interests of several persons in the same land the mutual relationships of contractor and contractee the relation caused by common knowledge in breaches of contract: (obs.) seclusion intimacy; Priv′y-cham′ber private apartment in a royal residence; Priv′y-coun′cil the private council of a sovereign to advise in the administration of government; Priv′y-coun′cillor a member of the privy-council; Priv′y-purse the purse or money for the private or personal use of the sovereign; Priv′y-seal -sig′net the seal used by or for the king in subordinate matters or those which are not to pass the great seal; Priv′y-ver′dict a verdict given to a judge out of court.—Gentlemen ushers of the privy-chamber four officials in the royal household who attend certain court ceremonies.

柯蒂斯校對