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真的,確實的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

True \True\, a. [Compar. {Truer}; 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}.]
   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.

   2. Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern;
      exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the
      original.

            Making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.

   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.

            Thy so true, So faithful, love unequaled. --Milton.

            Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie. --Herbert.

   4. Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended;
      genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of
      country; a true Christian.

            The true light which lighteth every man that cometh
            into the world.                       --John i. 9.

            True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
                                                  --Pope.

   Note: True is sometimes used elliptically for It is true.

   {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}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

true
     adj 1: consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is
            true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition
            when there is no ground whatever for supposing it
            true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"
            [ant: {false}]
     2: not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real
        mink"; "true gold" [syn: {real}]
     3: conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is
        not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true
        mathematician"
     4: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was
        dead on target" [syn: {dead on target}]
     5: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or
        truth; "true believers bonded together against all who
        disagreed with them"
     6: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true
        statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
        [syn: {truthful}] [ant: {untruthful}]
     7: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an
        honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information";
        "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are
        those who trust me" [syn: {dependable}, {honest}, {reliable},
         {true(p)}]
     8: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
        emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
        grief" [syn: {genuine}, {true(a)}, {unfeigned}]
     9: rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men
        have always admired"; "a true friend" [syn: {true(a)}]
     10: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than
         the magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north"
         [syn: {true(a)}]
     11: having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir";
         "the true and lawful king" [syn: {true(a)}, {lawful}, {rightful(a)}]
     12: in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: {on-key}]
     13: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite
         true" [syn: {straight}]
     14: reliable as a basis for action; "a true prophesy"
     [also: {truest}, {truer}]

true
     n : proper alignment; the property possessed by something that
         is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"
     [also: {truest}, {truer}]

true
     adv : as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
           [syn: {admittedly}, {avowedly}, {confessedly}]
     [also: {truest}, {truer}]

true
     v : make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the
         cylinder of an engine" [syn: {true up}]
     [also: {truest}, {truer}]

truest
     See {true}