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
What's wrong?
什么病
Speech is silver,silence is gold.
言语是银,沉默是金。
and by measuring the time interval between the taps and the receipt of the echoes, the depth of the sea at that point can be calculated.