hackney

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H0005700 (hăk′nē)n. pl. hack·neys 1. often Hackney A horse of a breed developed in England, having a gait characterized by pronounced flexion of the knee.2. A trotting horse suited for routine riding or driving; a hack.3. A coach or carriage for hire.tr.v. hack·neyed, hack·ney·ing, hack·neys 1. To cause to become banal and trite through overuse.2. To hire out; let.adj.1. Banal; trite.2. Having been hired.

[Middle English hakenei, probably after Hakenei, Hackney, a borough of London, England, where such horses were raised.]

hackney

(ˈhæknɪ) n1. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot2. (Automotive Engineering) a. a coach or carriage that is for hireb. (as modifier): a hackney carriage. 3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a popular term for hack²¹vb (tr; usually passive) to make commonplace and banal by too frequent use[C14: probably after Hackney, where horses were formerly raised; sense 4 meaning derives from the allusion to a weakened hired horse] ˈhackneyism n

Hackney

(ˈhæknɪ) n (Placename) a borough of NE Greater London: formed in 1965 from the former boroughs of Shoreditch, Stoke Newington, and Hackney; nearby are Hackney Marshes, the largest recreation ground in London. Pop: 208 400 (2003 est). Area: 19 sq km (8 sq miles)

hack•ney

(ˈhæk ni)

n., pl. -neys,
adj., v. n. 1. a carriage for hire; cab. 2. a horse used for ordinary riding or driving. 3. (cap.) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait. adj. 4. let out, employed, or done for hire. v.t. 5. to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use. 6. to use as a hackney. [1300–50; Middle English hakeney] hack′ney•ism, n.

Hack•ney

(ˈhæk ni)

n. a borough of Greater London. 187,400.

hackney

Past participle: hackneyed
Gerund: hackneying

Imperative
hackney
hackney

Present
I hackney
you hackney
he/she/it hackneys
we hackney
you hackney
they hackney

Preterite
I hackneyed
you hackneyed
he/she/it hackneyed
we hackneyed
you hackneyed
they hackneyed

Present Continuous
I am hackneying
you are hackneying
he/she/it is hackneying
we are hackneying
you are hackneying
they are hackneying

Present Perfect
I have hackneyed
you have hackneyed
he/she/it has hackneyed
we have hackneyed
you have hackneyed
they have hackneyed

Past Continuous
I was hackneying
you were hackneying
he/she/it was hackneying
we were hackneying
you were hackneying
they were hackneying

Past Perfect
I had hackneyed
you had hackneyed
he/she/it had hackneyed
we had hackneyed
you had hackneyed
they had hackneyed

Future
I will hackney
you will hackney
he/she/it will hackney
we will hackney
you will hackney
they will hackney

Future Perfect
I will have hackneyed
you will have hackneyed
he/she/it will have hackneyed
we will have hackneyed
you will have hackneyed
they will have hackneyed

Future Continuous
I will be hackneying
you will be hackneying
he/she/it will be hackneying
we will be hackneying
you will be hackneying
they will be hackneying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hackneying
you have been hackneying
he/she/it has been hackneying
we have been hackneying
you have been hackneying
they have been hackneying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hackneying
you will have been hackneying
he/she/it will have been hackneying
we will have been hackneying
you will have been hackneying
they will have been hackneying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hackneying
you had been hackneying
he/she/it had been hackneying
we had been hackneying
you had been hackneying
they had been hackneying

Conditional
I would hackney
you would hackney
he/she/it would hackney
we would hackney
you would hackney
they would hackney

Past Conditional
I would have hackneyed
you would have hackneyed
he/she/it would have hackneyed
we would have hackneyed
you would have hackneyed
they would have hackneyed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hackney - a carriage for hire hackney carriage, hackney coachcarriage, equipage, rig - a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horsesfour-wheeler - a hackney carriage with four wheelsremise - an expensive or high-class hackney
	2.	hackney - a compact breed of harness horseharness horse - horse used for pulling vehicles

Translations

出租汽车

hackney

(ˈhӕkni) : hackney carriage/cab noun a taxi. 出租汽车

Hackney

Hackney,

inner borough (1991 pop. 164,200) of Greater London, SE England, on the Lea River. Clothing manufacture (in Hackney) and printing and furniture making (in Shoreditch) are the borough's chief industries. London's first theater was built in Shoreditch (c.1575). The parish church of St. Mary, in Stoke Newington, is one of the few remaining Elizabethan churches. The writer Daniel DefoeDefoe or De Foe, Daniel
, 1660?–1731, English writer, b. London. Early Life and Works

The son of a London butcher, and educated at a Dissenters' academy, he was typical of the new kind of man
..... Click the link for more information. lived there. The London College of Furniture, the Shoreditch College for the Clothing Industry, and Cordwainer's Technical College are in the borough. Hackney Marshes, a large sports and recreation area intersected by the Lea, lies just outside the borough.

hackney

1. a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot 2. a. a coach or carriage that is for hire b. (as modifier): a hackney carriage

Hackney

a borough of NE Greater London: formed in 1965 from the former boroughs of Shoreditch, Stoke Newington, and Hackney; nearby are Hackney Marshes, the largest recreation ground in London. Pop.: 208 400 (2003 est.). Area: 19 sq. km (8 sq. miles)

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noun a carriage for hire

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noun a compact breed of harness horse

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