| 释义 |
privy /privˈi/ adjective- Private
- Of or belonging to a particular person, own, personal
- For private uses
- Secret
- (of a place, etc) appropriate to withdrawal or retirement
- (with to) sharing the knowledge of (something secret), apprised of, party to
- Familiar, intimate (obsolete)
noun- A person having an interest in an action, contract, conveyance, etc (law)
- A lavatory, esp in its own shed or outhouse (old)
ORIGIN: Fr privé, from L prīvātus private privˈily adverb (literary) - Privately
- Secretly
privˈity noun - Privacy (archaic)
- Secrecy (archaic)
- Something kept private or secret (obsolete)
- Innermost thoughts or private counsels (obsolete)
- Knowledge, shared with another, of something private or confidential
- Knowledge implying concurrence
- Any legally recognized relation between different interests
privy chamber noun A private apartment in a royal residence privy council noun - Orig the private council of a sovereign, advising in the administration of government
- (with caps) now in the UK, a committee of advisors to the sovereign whose membership consists of all present and past members of the Cabinet and other eminent people, its functions being mainly formal or performed by committees, etc
- (with caps) in certain countries of the British Commonwealth, a body of advisers to the governor-general, including eg cabinet ministers of the country concerned
privy councillor or privy counsellor noun (also with caps) privy purse noun (also with caps) an allowance for the private or personal use of the sovereign privy seal see under seal1 gentlemen of the privy chamber Officials in the royal household in attendance at court Lord Privy Seal see under seal1 |