privy
adj
1 [attrib 作定语]
(arch 古) private; secret 个人的; 私人的; 秘密的: a privy matter 私事.
2 [pred 作表语]
~ to sth (fml 文) sharing in the secret of sth 私下知情; 参与秘事
They were accused of being privy to the plot against the king. 他们被控欺君谋反、 知情不举.
I wasn't privy to the negotiations. 我对那些谈判并不知情. privy, n primitive lavatory, esp out of doors 简陋厕所(尤指室外的).
🗣️ 情景例句
Dad! Grandpa! He fell in!
爸爸, 爷爷, 他掉下去了。
Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellows.
落难时不择伙伴。
The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her.