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单词 hackneyed
释义

hackney /hakˈni/

noun
  1. A horse for general use, esp for hire
  2. A horse with a high-stepping action, bred to draw light carriages
  3. A vehicle kept for hire
  4. A person hired for drudgery (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To carry in a hackney coach
  2. To use to excess
  3. To make commonplace
ORIGIN: OFr haquenée an ambling nag; poss from Hackney in East London, where horses were pastured

hackˈney adjective

Let out for hire

hackˈneyed adjective

  1. Devoted to common use
  2. Trite
  3. Dulled by excessive use

hackney cab, hackney carriage or hackney coach noun

  1. Formerly, any horse-drawn vehicle serving as a taxi
  2. (only hackney carriage) the official term used to describe a usu black London-style taxi

hackney-coachˈman noun

hackˈneyman noun

Someone who keeps hackney horses

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