privy

英 [ˈprɪvi]

美 [ˈprɪvi]

adj.  准许知情; 可参与秘事
n.  (户外)厕所，茅房

复数：privies　

Collins.1 / BNC.8767 / COCA.13963

牛津词典

adj.

• 准许知情；可参与秘事
  allowed to know about sth secret
  1. She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
     她未获准接触那些信的内容。

noun

• （户外）厕所，茅房
  a toilet, especially an outdoor one

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 允许获知的；知情的；了解内情的
  If you areprivy tosomething secret, you have been allowed to know about it.
  1. Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts.
     只会允许3个人，其中包括一名警察，了解这些内情。
• （尤指户外的）厕所，茅房
  Aprivyis a toilet, especially one that is in a small building outside a house.

英英释义

noun

• a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
  Synonym:outhouseearth-closetjakes
• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
  Synonym:toiletlavatorylavcanjohnbathroom

adj

• hidden from general view or use
  1. a privy place to rest and think
  2. a secluded romantic spot
  3. a secret garden
  Synonym:secludedsecret

双语例句

• Beyond were a great tree of strawberry apples, the traditional privy, a modest barn, a hen house, a corn crib, and a pigpen.
  再外面有一颗草莓苹果树，一个老式的厕所，一个不大的谷仓，一个鸡舍，一个谷物饲料槽，和一个猪圈。
• I wasn't privy to the negotiations.
  我对那些谈判并不知情。
• I'm really not privy to that kind of information.
  我还不能提供这些信息。
• And who might have been privy to it.
  并且谁能接触到它。
• Now, another privy without privacy has been found-right under the noses of the media.
  而现在，就在媒体的眼皮底下，另一间毫无私密性的厕所被发现了。
• There was a release clause in my contract that no one was supposed to be privy to but if people go and mention that I can't help it.
  在我的合同里，有个额外的条款，但人们总不断的提到它，我也无能为力。
• So the Privy Council was also called the King's Council in history.
  它在历史上也称为国王议会。
• I was made privy to the secret.
  我已闻该秘密。
• I feel as if I am back in the privy again, watching my father die.
  我感觉自己又回到了那个厕所，看着自己的父亲死亡。
• So now you're privy to the mind of God in heaven?
  你私下跟上帝聊过了？