单词 | key card |
释义 | key cardn. 1. In early use: †a marked playing card used by a gambler (obsolete). Later: (in card tricks) a card whose location in the pack enables the person performing the trick to identify an unseen card which has been picked by someone else and then replaced in the pack. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card or cards bum-cardc1555 key card1805 concave1825 strippers1843 convex1874 reader1887 stacked deck1964 1805 T. Holcroft Mem. Bryan Perdue I. xvii. 126 The key card of every suit was known to me, with cards of different sizes,..marks to distinguish each, and many a device, by which the whole pack was to be at my command. 1873 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 682/2 Remember that the first or key card of that line is 11. If the card is in the fourth line after the second deal, you look to the top line for the key card. 1902 Spatula Dec. 142/1 To work the trick you must know the top card of No. 2 [pile of cards], which is your ‘key’ card. 1950 J. Scarne Scarne on Card Tricks 210 The performer..looks through the pack once, pretending to look for a joker... He counts..and remembers the twenty-sixth card from the top of the deck. That is his key card. 1999 T. Ogden Compl. Idiot's Guide to Magic Tricks ix. 90 You must find out the identity of the bottom card of the deck. This is your key card (also known as a locator card), which will help you find the chosen card. 2. Originally U.S. a. A card used for constructing or revealing secret messages contained in a larger body of text, having slots or perforations which, when the card is laid over the text correctly, correspond to the words or letters forming the message. Cf. key n.1 5b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > key countercipher1598 key1605 code book1703 keyword1762 cipher-key1834 key card1841 cipher1885 1841 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Jan. 35/1 When a letter is to be written, the key-card is placed upon the paper, and words conveying the true meaning inscribed in the spaces. 1874 Commissioners of Patents' Jrnl. 22 Dec. 3347/1 Brief.—‘To prepare an irregularly-perforated key-card for secret messages.’ 1893 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. 18 864 This cipher is very easy to read when you have the key-card properly slotted, but it is terribly hard to write. 1911 Pop. Mech. Nov. 761/2 A key card for use in correspondence on postals that makes the matter unreadable unless the recipient has a duplicate key card. b. Any of various other cards bearing an explanation of or a solution to a code, puzzle, or system; esp. (Education) a card on which solutions to problems, exercises, etc., are given; cf. key n.1 5c. ΚΠ 1888 J. M. Dewey How to teach Manners in School-room (end matter) (advt.) The absolutely novel..feature of the [arithmetic] cards is that by means of a series of figures on the back of each card and a key card, the teacher can tell instantly the correct answer to each problem tho [sic] it is hidden from the pupil. 1897 E. Moran Short-hand Students Man. To Teacher 5 After the student has received corrections upon all exercises.., he may be allowed the use of the corresponding Key Card. 1921 Engin. & Contracting 24 Aug. 191/1 One key card only is required and that is placed in the front of the drawer and kept strictly up to date. 1928 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 11 Mar. 38/5 A key card, showing which sort [of jam] each number denotes, hangs in a handy place. 1981 S. J. Ball Beachside Comprehensive (1983) vii. 212 The classwork is from work-cards of different colour with key-cards which give the answers. 2008 R. E. Slavin et al. 2 Million Children (ed. 2) iv. 97 When students can isolate a sound, they learn the letter shape that represents it with a Key Card... For example, the letter ‘a’ Key Card shows a red apple. 3. a. Originally U.S. A card which acts as a key in providing access to something or in operating a device; (now) spec. a plastic card on which data is encoded or embedded by means of a microchip, magnetic strip, etc., used to unlock a door.Recorded earliest in keycard-operated adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > other types of key piped keyc1520 pipe key1540 pass-key1633 rose key1663 screw key1742 ring-key1761 Chubb1833 keylet1860 card key1951 key card1966 1966 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 22 Feb. 14/3 (caption) Automotive innovations..are displayed in a Chrysler 300X show car... The features include:..Key-card operated doors and ignition, replacing conventional keys. 1968 Guardian 31 July 12/4 The golfer..buys a coded magnetic key card to put in a slot. The machine then works itself without further attention. 1975 New Yorker 13 Oct. 33/1 He was eager to show us the..keycard—the credit-card-size device that functions..as a room key. 1987 Defending Secrets, sharing Data (U.S. Congr., Office of Technol. Assessm.) iv. 53/1 ‘Smart’ key cards with embedded microprocessors. 2000 F. Walker in J. Adams et al. Girls' Night In 49 My..new boyfriend slipping his hotel key card to a teenage model at a film premiere. 2010 Vanity Fair Apr. 176/2 Security was tightened, especially in Letterman's area, where he and his half-dozen assistants now work behind a glass door. It is accessible only by key card. b. Chiefly Australian. A plastic card on which data is encoded or embedded by means of a microchip, magnetic strip, etc., and which provides access to a bank account, esp. at a cashpoint or ATM; a debit card. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > credit documents > credit card credit card1888 bank card1947 card1950 American Express1958 Amex1958 charge card1962 banker's card1966 Barclaycard1966 cheque card1966 Master Charge1966 gold card1970 asset card1975 debit card1975 visa1976 affinity card1979 master card1979 smart card1980 phonecard1981 key card1985 Connect1987 Switch card1988 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > credit card credit card1888 plastic card1939 bank card1947 card1950 banker's card1966 Barclaycard1966 plastic money1969 plastic1975 key card1985 1985 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 28 Feb. 25/5 The terminals will greatly expand the range of services available to customers by allowing them to withdraw money from their accounts using a Keycard or Mastercard. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 24 June 3 The bank's manager has said some people might be selling their keycards..and allowing money to be withdrawn, after which the card was reported stolen. 1991 J. Marsden Lett. from Inside (1992) 72 I got heaps of presents—a new horse, pair of skis, my own keycard, no limit. 2011 B. Bryant in Z. Dattner & L. Swinn Sleepers Almanac No. 7 30 I hand her my keycard. ‘I need to withdraw twelve dollars.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1805 |
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