hackney

[US]/'hæknɪ/
[UK]/ˈhækni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 乘用马,出租马车,操贱役的人
Word Forms
复数hackneys

Phrases & Collocations

hackney carriage

出租马车

hackneyed phrase

陈词滥调

hackneyed idea

老生常谈的观念

Example Sentences

a soap opera with a hackneyed plot;

情节老掉牙的肥皂剧;

the hackneyed image of the poor student

老套的穷学生的形象

this is a hackneyed adventure lifted straight from a vintage Lassie episode.

这是从《少女》一书最精彩的情节中直接剽窃得来的一个老一套冒险故事。

to hackney one's ideas

滥用陈词滥调

to hackney one's writing

滥用陈词滥调写作

Real-world Examples

Like you'd get in some bistro somewhere rather than in my flat in hackney.

就像你会进入某个地方的小酒馆而不是我在哈克尼的公寓。

Source: Make healthy meals with Jamie.

Suddenly he fell from the hackney and was hurt by a hacksaw on the ground.

突然他从乘坐的马上跌落下来并且被地上的一个钢锯伤了。

Source: Pan Pan

'Oh! but their removing from the chaise into an hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road'.

" 哎哟!可是他们把原来的马车打发走,换上了出租的马车,光是凭这一点就可想而知!此外,到巴纳特去的路上,也找不到他们的踪迹。"

Source: Pride and Prejudice - English Audio Version (Read by Emilia Fox)

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