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a hackney
名词用法：hackney 是可数名词，指出租马车或乘用马，复数形式为 hackneys。
They hired a hackney to take them to the theatre.
他们雇了一辆出租马车去剧院。
出租马车
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
出租马车
a carriage for hire
They hired a hackney to take them to the theatre.
他们雇了一辆出租马车去剧院。
出租马车或出租车。
A carriage for hire or a cab.
用于骑乘或拉车的马。
A horse used to ride or drive.
英国马的一个品种。
A breed of English horse.
The hackney stood at the station, waiting for passengers who needed a ride.
那辆出租马车停在车站，等着需要搭车的乘客。
They hired a hackney to take them from the old town to the harbor.
他们雇了一辆出租马车，把他们从旧城区送到港口。
The driver guided his hackney carefully down the narrow lane.
车夫小心翼翼地赶着他的出租马车沿着狭窄的小巷前行。
名词用法：hackney 是可数名词，指出租马车或乘用马，复数形式为 hackneys。
They hired a hackney to take them to the theatre.
他们雇了一辆出租马车去剧院。
作定语修饰名词时表示“出租的”，常见搭配 hackney carriage、hackney coach。
The hackney carriage waited outside the hotel.
出租马车在旅馆外等候。
动词及物用法，意为“过多使用而使…变得陈腐”；过去式/过去分词为 hackneyed。
She hackneyed the expression until it lost its impact.
她反复使用这个表达，直到它失去感染力。
hackneyed 作形容词或被动语态使用，表示“陈腐的、老一套的”。
The story is hackneyed but still enjoyable.
这个故事很老套，但仍然令人愉快。
Not this
He called hackney to go to the station.
Use this
He called a hackney to go to the station.
hackney 作名词表示“出租马车”时是可数名词，可数名词单数不能裸用，前面需要加 a。汉语没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉 a。
Not this
Two hackney were waiting at the curb.
Use this
Two hackneys were waiting at the curb.
hackney 的复数形式是 hackneys，two 后面必须用复数名词。汉语名词没有复数变化，所以学习者容易漏加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
出租马车；出租车
In the 19th century, people took hackney carriages across the city.
19世纪，人们乘坐出租马车穿行城市。
乘用马；哈克尼马
The hackney horse is famous for its lively, high-stepping trot.
哈克尼马以其活泼的高抬腿快步闻名。
陈词滥调；老套的话
His speech was full of hackneyed phrases.
他的演讲满是陈词滥调。
Use hackney naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
伦敦老式hackney出租马车被反复役使，用到陈腐不堪——hackneyed正是“陈腐的”，一词两义都记住。
语域：formal 常见场景：历史作品、英国出租车行业、马术比赛 作名词时，hackney 通常指旧时的出租马车或一种体型紧凑的挽马，多用于历史或正式书面语，现代日常英语中较少单独使用；固定搭配 'hackney carriage' 仍可见于英国出租车行业的正式说法。
These words all end in -ney, but none rhymes with hackney (/ˈhækni/). The -ney spelling has many different pronunciations, so do not judge the sound from the spelling.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.