"Privy" mostly appears in the phrase "privy to something." If you are privy to information, you know about it — often something private or secret that not many people know. It sounds a little formal; you would read it in news reports or careful writing more than hear it in daily talk ("Only a few managers were privy to the plan before it was announced").

PrivyPrivy mostly appears in the phrase "privy to something."最常出現在「privy to something」這個片語裡：If you are privy to information如果你privy to某個資訊，you know about it表示你知道這件事——often something private or secret通常是比較私密或秘密的事，that not many people know不是很多人知道的。It sounds a little formal這個字聽起來有點正式；you would read it in news reports or careful writing你比較會在新聞報導或講究的文章裡讀到它，more than hear it in daily talk而不是在日常對話裡聽到 ("Only a few managers were privy to the plan before it was announced")（像「Only a few managers were privy to the plan before it was announced」，公布前只有少數主管知情）。

There is also an old, less common noun sense: a "privy" was an outdoor toilet, a small building with no plumbing, from long ago before houses had bathrooms inside. Today most people only meet this old meaning in history books or old stories, not in real life.

There is also an old, less common noun sense還有一個比較舊、比較少見的名詞意思：a "privy" was an outdoor toilet「privy」以前是指戶外廁所，a small building with no plumbing一間沒有水管設備的小屋，from long ago before houses had bathrooms inside是很久以前房子裡還沒有浴室的時候。Today most people現在大部分人 only meet this old meaning只會在 in history books or old stories歷史書或老故事裡遇到這個舊的意思，not in real life而不是在現實生活中。