| 单词 | code language |
| 释义 | > as lemmascode language code language n. (a) any system of codes or signals used for telegraphic or other communication (cf. sense 4); (b) (in extended use) words or phrases used to represent others in an indirect or euphemistic way. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] cipher1528 steganography1569 polygraphy1593 jargon1594 cryptography1653 code1818 code language1875 1875 Times 11 Dec. 6/2 We have done nothing more than..to endeavour to separate ordinary code language from the unfair abuse of combinations and cipher telegrams. 1903 Mt. Barker (S. Austral.) Courier 16 Sept. This difficulty..is overcome through a code language of luggage labels, and the servants in almost every hotel are able to know directly a visitor arrives, by merely glancing at his luggage, what to expect and how to treat him. 1928 W. F. Friedman Rep. Hist. Use Codes & Code Lang. (Internat. Radiotelegr. Conf. 1927) 4 Code language is employed in telegrams for purposes of economy, or secrecy, or both. 1960 Guardian 19 Feb. 11/7 Yesterday's ‘Pravda’ added that they [sc. newspapers] had propagated ‘cheap philistine tastes in articles of low ideological quality’, but this is merely code-language for yet another variety of this dread infection—‘cultural nationalism’. 2018 Financial Law Reporter (Nexis) 10 Nov. The group used code language when communicating amongst themselves to avoid detection by police. < as lemmas |
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