资料来源 : 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}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

out of true
     adj : not accurately fitted; not level; "the frame was out of
           true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows"
           [syn: {untrue}]