trusty
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英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自中古英語 trusty、tristy、tresty,等价于trust + -y。
发音
[编辑]形容词
[编辑]trusty (比較級 trustier,最高級 trustiest)
- 可靠的;值得信赖的
- 近義詞:trustworthy、reliable
- She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.
- 她还在用她三十年前开始时用的牢靠的缝纫机。
衍生词汇
[编辑]名词
[编辑]trusty (複數 trusties)
- 可信的人;(尤指) 得到特权的囚犯
- 1941,James Howell Street,In my father's house:
- We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 1953,Raymond Chandler,The Long Goodbye,Penguin, 出版於 2010,頁 58:
- The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
近义词
[编辑]- runner (US、过时)