Word · Frequency #12404
hackneys
出租马车
hackneys is the plural of hackney.
a carriage for hire
- 1.
A carriage for hire or a cab.
出租马车或出租车。
- 2.
A horse used to ride or drive.
用于骑乘或拉车的马。
- 3.
A breed of English horse.
英国马的一个品种。
哈克尼马（一种体型紧凑的挽马）；出租马车或出租车。；用于骑乘或拉车的马。；英国马的一个品种。；乘用马
In use
The hackney stood at the station, waiting for passengers who needed a ride.
They hired a hackney to take them from the old town to the harbor.
The driver guided his hackney carefully down the narrow lane.
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。
hackney + noun
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。
hackney sth
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。
Connections
Collocations
- hackney carriage
- 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。
- hackney horse
- 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。
- hackneyed phrase
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.