privy

名词 privy:

1. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
   同义词：toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, bathroom
2. a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
   同义词：outhouse, earth-closet, jakes

形容词 privy:

1. hidden from general view or use
   同义词：secluded, secret
2. (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known

1. A latrine; a privy.
   厕所旧式厕所; 茅坑
2. I was not privy to the discussion, so I cannot tell you what was decided.
   我并不了解讨论的情况，所以无法告诉你做了什么决定。

priv.y

adj.（形容词）
Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret:
私下知情的，秘密参与的：参与或知道某件秘密的或私事的：
例句：
was privy to government secrets.
对政府秘密私下知情

Belonging or proper to a person, such as the British sovereign, in a private rather than official capacity.
个人的，私人的：私下而非公开地属于或适合某人的，如英国君主
Secret; concealed.
秘密的；隐蔽的
n.（名词）
【复数】 priv.ies

An outdoor toilet; an outhouse.
简易厕所；户外厕所
A toilet.
厕所
Law One of the parties having an interest in the same matter.
【法律】 利害关系人：就同一件事有利害关系的人

来源：
Middle English prive
中古英语 prive
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin prov3tus [private]
源自 拉丁语 prov3tus [私人的]
from provus [single, alone] * see per
源自 provus [单独的，孤独的] *参见 per