单词 | keyways |
释义 | key1 /kē, formerly kā/noun
Vital, essential, crucial ORIGIN: OE cæg keyed adjective
keyˈless adjective
keyˈboard noun
intransitive verb and transitive verb To type text, etc by means of a keyboard, esp into a computer keyˈboarder noun Someone who types text on a keyboard keyˈboardist noun A person who plays a keyboard instrument, esp an electronic one keyˈbugle or keyed bugle noun A bugle with keys, having a chromatic scale of two octaves keyˈcard noun A small usu plastic card, either punched, having a magnetically coded strip or incorporating a microchip, that electronically operates a mechanism, eg a lock or a cash dispenser keyˈ-cold adjective (Shakespeare) Cold as a key, lifeless keyˈ-desk noun The frame enclosing the keyboards, stops, etc of an organ keyed bugle see keybugle keyˈ-fruit noun A winged fruit of a tree key grip noun The chief grip in a film crew keyˈhole noun
keyhole limpet noun A mollusc (genus Fissurella) with a perforated conical shell keyhole saw noun A padsaw (qv under pad1) keyhole surgery noun Surgery using endoscopes, etc, performed through small incisions key industry noun An industry indispensable to others and essential to national economic welfare and independence key light noun The main light in a TV or film studio or on a stage keyˈline noun (printing) An outline drawing showing the shape, size, position, etc of an illustration keylogging see keystroke logging below. key man noun An indispensable worker, essential to the continued conduct of a business, etc key money noun A premium, fine or sum additional to rent, demanded for the grant, renewal or continuance of a tenancy keyˈnote noun
adjective
transitive verb and intransitive verb
keyˈpad noun
keyˈpal noun (informal) A person who is mainly or only known to one as an email correspondent keyˈ-plate noun A keyhole escutcheon key punch noun (computing) An obsolete device operated by a keyboard, which transfers data onto punch-cards, etc keyˈpunch transitive verb key ring noun A ring for holding a bunch of keys keyˈ-seat noun A groove for receiving a key, to prevent one piece of machinery from turning on another key signature noun (music) The indication of key by marking sharps, flats or naturals where the key changes or at the beginning of a line key stage noun (education) Any of the four age-based levels of the National Curriculum in England and Wales keyˈstone noun
transitive verb and intransitive verb To produce a keystone effect, ie the distortion of a television picture in which a rectangular pattern is transformed into a trapezoidal pattern keyˈstroke noun A single operation of a key on a typewriter or other machine using keys keystroke logging or keyˈlogging noun The act of recording the keystrokes made by a computer user, eg to detect sources of error or for surveillance keyˈstroking noun keyˈway noun A groove cut in a shaft or boss to accommodate a key that interlocks with another component so as to prevent relative motion keyˈword noun
keyˈword-in-context adjective Applied to electronic concordances or indexes that supply the keywords alphabetically in a fixed position in the line, preceded and followed by a fixed amount of context keyˈworker noun A person working in the social services who takes responsibility for individual cases and projects have the key of the door (informal) To have reached the age of 21 have the key of the street (informal)
key in (computing) To enter (data) by operating a keyboard out of key
power of the keys The power to loose and to bind, conferred by Christ on Peter (Bible, Matthew 16.19), and claimed by the popes |
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