| 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 seal1 /sēl/ noun- A piece of wax, lead or other material, stamped with a device and attached as a means of authentication or attestation
- A substitute for this, such as a wafer or circular mark
- A piece of wax, etc, stamped or not, used as a means of keeping something closed
- The design stamped
- An engraved stone or other stamp for impressing a device, or a trinket of similar form
- An adhesive label, esp decorative, for a Christmas parcel, etc, sold for charity
- A token or symbol to confirm a bargain, etc
- Any device which keeps something closed
- An obligation to secrecy
- An impression
- A device to prevent the passage of a gas, air, water, etc
- Water in a gas trap
- A road surface sealed with bitumen, etc (Aust and NZ)
- An animal's, esp an otter's, footprint
transitive verb- To put a seal on
- To stamp
- To fasten with a seal
- To give confirmation of
- To ratify
- To close up, esp permanently or for a long time
- To enclose
- To decide, settle irrevocably
- To set apart
- To seal (a road surface) with bitumen, etc, to tarmac (Aust and NZ)
- To paint with a protective substance
intransitive verb To set one's seal to something ORIGIN: OFr seel, from L sigillum, dimin of signum a mark sealˈable adjective sealˈant noun Any device or (esp cement-like) substance used to seal a gap to prevent the passage of water, etc sealed adjective sealˈer noun - A person or thing that seals
- A substance used to coat a surface for protection, impermeability, etc
sealˈing noun sealedˈ-beam adjective (of car headlights) consisting of a complete unit sealed within a vacuum sealed book noun Something beyond one's knowledge or understanding (also closed book) sealˈ-engraving noun The art of engraving seals sealing wax (also obsolete sealˈwax) noun Formerly beeswax, now usu a composition of shellac, turpentine, vermilion or other colouring matter, etc, for making decorative seals sealˈ-pipe noun A dip-pipe seal ring noun A signet ring Great Seal (also without caps) the state seal of the United Kingdom Lord Privy Seal Formerly the keeper of the Privy Seal, now the senior cabinet minister without official duties Privy Seal (also without caps) formerly, the seal appended to documents that were to receive, or did not require, authorization by the Great Seal, in Scotland used esp to authenticate royal grants of personal rights seal off To make it impossible for any thing or person to leave or enter (eg an area) set one's seal to or on To give one's authority or assent to the seals Symbolically the office of Lord Chancellor or of Secretary of State under seal Authenticated under sealed orders Under orders only to be opened at a stated time |