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hackney 音标拼音: [h'ækni] n. 乘用马,出租马车,操贱役的人
vt. 出租,酷使,再三用之使变旧
a. 出租的 乘用马,出租马车,操贱役的人出租,酷使,再三用之使变旧出租的 hackney n 1: a carriage for hire [ synonym: { hackney}, { hackney carriage}, { hackney coach}] 2: a compact breed of harness horseHackney \ Hack" ney\ (- n[ y^]), n.; pl. { Hackneys} (- n[ i^] z). [ OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haguen[' e] e a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquen[' e] e, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. { Hack} a horse, { Nag}.] 1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A horse or pony kept for hire. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. [ 1913 Webster]
Hackney \ Hack" ney\, a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. " Hackney tongue." -- Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster]
Hackney \ Hack" ney\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Hackneyed} (- n[ i^] d); p. pr. & vb. n. { Hackneying}.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. [ 1913 Webster] Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common- hackneyed in the eyes of men. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To carry in a hackney coach. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster]
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