单词	code word
释义	code wordˈcode word noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Each employee has a code word, which the computer's voice recognition chip checks. Essentially, each code word is a separate, highly specialized entity. Excellence becomes a code word for retreat from equity. If it had a name, or a code word, well that sounds like civil servants playing games. Occasionally, the code word has to be changed because it has been compromised. Previously the code word for this was Trine and before that, during the early 1960s, Dinar. Suppose I forget the code word. 1a word or phrase that is given a different meaning to its usual meaning, so that it can be used to communicate something secretly2a word or expression that you use instead of a more direct one when you want to avoid shocking someone SYN  euphemismcode word for ‘Lively discussion’ is a code word for ‘argument’.
随便看	excitement exciting excitingly exclaim exclamation exclamation mark exclude excluding exclusion exclusionary exclusion zone exclusive exclusively exclusivity excommunicate excommunication ex-con excoriate excrement excrescence excreta excrete excretion excruciating excruciatingly

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