English-Thai Dictionary

hackney

N รถม้า ให้เช่า  รถ ให้เช่า  rod-ma-hai-chao

 

hackneyed

ADJ ธรรมดา  เก่าแก่  trite unimaginative fresh imaginative tam-ma-da

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HACKNEY

n. 1. A pad; a nag; a pony.
2. A horse kept for hire; a horse much used.
3. A coach or other carriage kept for hire, and often exposed in the streets of cities. The word is sometimes contracted to hack.
4. Any thing much used or used in common; a hireling; a prostitute.

 

HACKNEY

a.Let out for hire; devoted to common use; as a hackney-coach. 1. Prostitute; vicious for hire.
2. Much used; common; trite; as a hackney author or remark.

 

HACKNEY

v.t.To use much; to practice in one thing; to make trite. 1. To carry in a hackney-coach.

 

HACKNEY-COACH

[See Hackney. ]

 

HACKNEY-COACHMAN

n.A man who drives a hackney-coach.

 

HACKNEYED

pp. Used much or in common. 1. Practiced; accustomed.
He is long hackneyed in the ways of men.

 

HACKNEYING

ppr. Using much; accustoming.

 

HACKNEYMAN

n.A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HACKNEY

Hack "ney, n.; pl. Hackneys. Etym: [OE. haceney, hacenay; cf. F.haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh akin to E. hack to cut, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag. ]

 

1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.

 

2. A horse or pony kept for hire.

 

3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

 

4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

 

HACKNEY

HACKNEY Hack "ney, a.

 

Defn: Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue. " Roscommon.

 

HACKNEY

Hack "ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying. ]

 

1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. Shak.

 

2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.

 

HACKNEYMAN

Hack "ney *man, n.; pl. Hackneymen (.

 

Defn: A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hackney

hack ney |ˈhaknē ˈhækni | ▶noun ( pl. hackneys ) historical a horse or pony of a light breed with a high-stepping trot, used in harness. • [ usu. as modifier ] a horse-drawn vehicle kept for hire: a hackney coach. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Hackney in East London, England, where horses were pastured. The term originally denoted an ordinary riding horse (as opposed to a warhorse or draft horse ), esp. one available for hire: hence hackney carriage or coach, and the verb hackney meaning ‘use (a horse ) for general purposes, ’ later ‘make commonplace by overuse ’ (see hackneyed ).

 

hackney carriage

hack ney car riage |ˈhækni ˈkɛrɪʤ | ▶noun Brit. a taxicab.

 

hackneyed

hack neyed |ˈhaknēd ˈhæknid | ▶adjective (of a phrase or idea ) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite: hackneyed old sayings.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hackney

hackney |ˈhakni | ▶noun ( pl. hackneys ) chiefly historical a horse or pony of a light breed with a high-stepping trot, used in harness. • [ usu. as modifier ] a horse-drawn vehicle kept for hire: a hackney coach. ORIGIN Middle English: probably from Hackney in East London, where horses were pastured. The term originally denoted an ordinary riding horse (as opposed to a war horse or draught horse ), especially one available for hire: hence hackney carriage or coach, and the verb hackney meaning ‘use (a horse ) for general purposes ’, later ‘make commonplace by overuse ’ (see hackneyed ).

 

hackney carriage

hack |ney car |riage |ˈhaknikarɪʤ | ▶noun Brit. the official term for a taxi.

 

hackneyed

hack |neyed |ˈhaknɪd | ▶adjective (of a phrase or idea ) having been overused; unoriginal and trite: hackneyed old sayings.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hackneyed

hackneyed adjective your hackneyed arguments fail to persuade anyone: overused, overdone, overworked, worn out, timeworn, platitudinous, vapid, stale, tired, threadbare; trite, banal, hack, clichéd, hoary, commonplace, common, ordinary, stock, conventional, stereotyped, predictable; unimaginative, unoriginal, uninspired, prosaic, dull, boring, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, boilerplate, routine; informal old hat, cheesy, corny, played out. ANTONYMS original.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hackneyed

hackneyed adjective hackneyed old sayings: overused, overworked, overdone, worn out, time-worn, platitudinous, vapid, stale, tired, threadbare; trite, banal, hack, clichéd, hoary, commonplace, common, ordinary, stock, conventional, stereotyped, predictable; unimaginative, unoriginal, derivative, uninspired, prosaic, dull, boring, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, routine, humdrum; informal old hat, corny, played out; N. Amer. informal cornball, dime-store; rare truistic, bromidic. ANTONYMS original, fresh. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD hackneyed, trite, stale See trite . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Duden Dictionary

Hackney

Hack ney Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈhæknɪ |der Hackney; Genitiv: des Hackney [s ], Plural: die Hackneys englisch ;nach der Stadt Hackney (heute East London )ein Warmblutpferd, starkes, kurzbeiniges Reitpferd

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hackney

hack ney /hǽkni /名詞 複 ～s C 乗用 [馬車用 ]馬 ; ハックニー種の馬 〘前脚を高く上げて歩く 〙; ｟やや古 ｠貸馬車 .～́ c à b [c à rriage, c ò ach ]貸馬車 .

 

hackneyed

hack neyed /hǽknid /形容詞 ｟けなして ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(使い古して )陳腐な, 絞切り型の 〈表現など 〉.