master keyn.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːstə kiː/,

/ˈmastə kiː/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæstər ˈˌki/

Forms: see master n.¹ and key n.¹ and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: master n.¹, key n.¹ and adj.

Etymology: < master n.¹ + key n.¹ and adj.

A key that will open a number of different locks, each of which has its own particular key. Frequently in extended use. Cf. passepartout n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > that which provides

keyeOE

explanation?a1475

master key1577

explanatory1650

cluea1665

clew1725

lead1851

solvent1865

accounting1885

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > master-key

master key1577

pass-key1633

passepartout1675

1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 8 This Pety Nauy Royall is thought to be the onely Maister Key wherewith to open all Locks.

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy v. ii. sig. M3 There is the Master-key Of our Lodgings: and by that you may conceiue What trust I plant in you.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 376 The Keys shall neither of them open each others lock, yet one Master-key shall open them all.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 352 A Master-key for unlocking the Mysteries in the Constitution of natural Bodies.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 337 This was the master-key..and once I had got it,..it was easy to unlock her breast.

1821 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. xvi. 376 Affectation is the master-key to both.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 299 These same yellow disks are the master-keys that let one in.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 748/2 The owner..may have one master-key that will open them all.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 101 He was still the master-key to almost all life, for her.

1977 Dædalus Summer 52 Here, as in the rest of political science, it is the fascination with economics that has led scholars to pursue the chimera of the masterkey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	master key
释义	master keyn. Brit. /ˈmɑːstə kiː/, /ˈmastə kiː/, U.S. /ˈˌmæstər ˈˌki/ Forms: see master n.¹ and key n.¹ and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: master n.¹, key n.¹ and adj. Etymology: < master n.¹ + key n.¹ and adj. A key that will open a number of different locks, each of which has its own particular key. Frequently in extended use. Cf. passepartout n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > that which provides keyeOE explanation?a1475 master key1577 explanatory1650 cluea1665 clew1725 lead1851 solvent1865 accounting1885 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > key > master-key master key1577 pass-key1633 passepartout1675 1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 8 This Pety Nauy Royall is thought to be the onely Maister Key wherewith to open all Locks. 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy v. ii. sig. M3 There is the Master-key Of our Lodgings: and by that you may conceiue What trust I plant in you. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 376 The Keys shall neither of them open each others lock, yet one Master-key shall open them all. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 352 A Master-key for unlocking the Mysteries in the Constitution of natural Bodies. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 337 This was the master-key..and once I had got it,..it was easy to unlock her breast. 1821 W. Hazlitt Table-talk I. xvi. 376 Affectation is the master-key to both. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 299 These same yellow disks are the master-keys that let one in. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 748/2 The owner..may have one master-key that will open them all. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix II (1968) 101 He was still the master-key to almost all life, for her. 1977 Dædalus Summer 52 Here, as in the rest of political science, it is the fascination with economics that has led scholars to pursue the chimera of the masterkey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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