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单词 cryptogram
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Definition of cryptogram in English:

cryptogram

noun ˈkrɪptə(ʊ)ɡramˈkrɪptəˌɡræm
  • 1A text written in code.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In any case, puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis.
    • When my brother and I were at camp, he sent us cryptograms.
    • These puzzles come in two flavors: puzzles where you must put things back together (like torn up pictures) and puzzles where you must solve cryptograms (that is, decode messages).
    • The games include crosswords, hangman and cryptogram.
    • There are cryptograms - on that level it's almost espionage poetry, but there's also the straightforward word play that seems to come out of early childhood - often mixed in a rhizomic way with complex espionage techniques.
    • Others look at security as a kind of puzzle, like the cryptograms on the comics page of the newspaper, only with more at stake.
    • In a book like this, one would expect to discover some allegorical message or a hidden cryptogram.
    • Now at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he solved the first of Tyler's cryptograms, which consisted of a long string of various typographic symbols.
    • Melvin Way makes cryptograms in which he embeds formulas and diagrams intricately woven from letters, words, phrases, numbers, and designs.
    • Will solving crossword puzzles prevent my intellectual decline or decoding cryptograms do the same for my wife?
    • This cryptogram is typical of the allusiveness of the poem, part of which is now impenetrable.
    • He assumed that the symbols in the cryptogram were properly broken up into English words and proceeded from there, eventually using a computer to check for patterns and sort through various possibilities.
    • As one who grew up with a love for cryptograms, Encyclopedia Brown, logic puzzles and adventure games, I felt let down by the book; it could have offered me so much more than it did.
    Synonyms
    symbols, signs, ciphers, code
  • 2A symbol or figure with secret or occult significance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The inverted five-pointed star, or Cross of Malta is used as a cryptogram for Baphomet.
    • Bradley raised his arm and checked the tenderness of his forearm; four cryptograms were carved into his flesh.
    • In his later years, he assembled a book of Biblical passages showing that his discoveries were a prelude to the Day of Judgment, and took to signing his name with an elaborate Christological cryptogram.
 
 

Definition of cryptogram in US English:

cryptogram

nounˈkriptəˌɡramˈkrɪptəˌɡræm
  • 1A text written in code.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He assumed that the symbols in the cryptogram were properly broken up into English words and proceeded from there, eventually using a computer to check for patterns and sort through various possibilities.
    • As one who grew up with a love for cryptograms, Encyclopedia Brown, logic puzzles and adventure games, I felt let down by the book; it could have offered me so much more than it did.
    • There are cryptograms - on that level it's almost espionage poetry, but there's also the straightforward word play that seems to come out of early childhood - often mixed in a rhizomic way with complex espionage techniques.
    • Melvin Way makes cryptograms in which he embeds formulas and diagrams intricately woven from letters, words, phrases, numbers, and designs.
    • This cryptogram is typical of the allusiveness of the poem, part of which is now impenetrable.
    • These puzzles come in two flavors: puzzles where you must put things back together (like torn up pictures) and puzzles where you must solve cryptograms (that is, decode messages).
    • In any case, puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis.
    • Others look at security as a kind of puzzle, like the cryptograms on the comics page of the newspaper, only with more at stake.
    • When my brother and I were at camp, he sent us cryptograms.
    • Now at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he solved the first of Tyler's cryptograms, which consisted of a long string of various typographic symbols.
    • Will solving crossword puzzles prevent my intellectual decline or decoding cryptograms do the same for my wife?
    • In a book like this, one would expect to discover some allegorical message or a hidden cryptogram.
    • The games include crosswords, hangman and cryptogram.
    Synonyms
    symbols, signs, ciphers, code
  • 2A symbol or figure with secret or occult significance.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bradley raised his arm and checked the tenderness of his forearm; four cryptograms were carved into his flesh.
    • In his later years, he assembled a book of Biblical passages showing that his discoveries were a prelude to the Day of Judgment, and took to signing his name with an elaborate Christological cryptogram.
    • The inverted five-pointed star, or Cross of Malta is used as a cryptogram for Baphomet.
 
 
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