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truest 音标拼音: [tr'uɪst] a. 真的,确实的 真的,确实的 True \ True\ ( tr[ udd]), a. [ Compar. { Truer} ( tr[ udd]"[~ e] r); superl. { Truest}.] [ OE. trewe, AS. tre[' o] we faithful, true, from tre[' o] w fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n., G. treu, adj., treue, n., OHG. gitriuwi, adj., triuwa, n., Icel. tryggr, adj., Dan. tro, adj. & n., Sw. trogen, adj., tro, n., Goth. triggws, adj., triggwa, n., trauan to trust, OPruss druwis faith. Cf. { Trow}, { Trust}, { Truth}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original. [ 1913 Webster] Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge. [ 1913 Webster] Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. -- Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian. [ 1913 Webster] The true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. -- John i. 9. [ 1913 Webster] True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Biol.) Genuine; real; not deviating from the essential characters of a class; as, a lizard is a true reptile; a whale is a true, but not a typical, mammal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true. [ 1913 Webster] { Out of true}, varying from correct mechanical form, alignment, adjustment, etc.; -- said of a wall that is not perpendicular, of a wheel whose circumference is not in the same plane, and the like. [ Colloq.] { A true bill} ( Law), a bill of indictment which is returned by the grand jury so indorsed, signifying that the charges to be true. { True time}. See under { Time}. [ 1913 Webster]
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