简明英汉词典

 key
[ki:]
n.
钥匙, 关键, 解答, (打字机等的)键, 调子, 对译本, (开钟表、发条的)栓, 要害
vt.
调节...的音调, 锁上, 插上栓, 提供线索
vi.
使用钥匙
n.
[乐]键, 调, 基调

美国传统词典[双解]

 key
key 1
AHD:[k?]
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
n.（名词）
【复数】 keys

(1)

 A notched and grooved, usually metal implement that is turned to open or close a lock.
钥匙：有沟槽的一种金属工具，用于开或锁住锁

(2)

 A similar device used for opening or winding:
钥匙：用于开或旋转的类似装置：
the key of a clock; a can that has a key attached.
闹钟上发条的钥匙；配有钥匙的罐头

(3)

 A means of access, control, or possession.
手段：到达、控制或占有的方法

(4)

 A vital, crucial element.
关键：至关重要的基本成分

(5)

 A set of answers to a test.
答案：试题的解答

(6)

 A table, gloss, or cipher for decoding or interpreting.
密码本、索引：用于破译或解释的表格、词表或索引

(7)

 A device, such as a wedge or pin, inserted to lock together mechanical or structural parts.
楔、栓：象楔、栓一样的一种装置，插入以使机械或结构部件锁在一起

(8)

 Architecture The keystone in the crown of an arch.
【建筑学】 拱顶石：位于拱顶的塞缝石

(9)

 A button or lever that is pressed with the finger to operate a machine.
键：手指触压用来操作机器的按钮或杆

(10)

 Music A button or lever that is pressed with the finger to produce or modulate the sound of an instrument, such as a clarinet or piano.
【音乐】 键：用手指触压以产生或调节乐器（如单簧管、钢琴）的声音

(11)

 Music
【音乐】

(12)

 A tonal system consisting of seven tones in fixed relationship to a tonic, having a characteristic key signature and being since the Renaissance the structural foundation of the bulk of Western music; tonality.
调、主音：包括七个与主音有固定关系的音色的调音系统，有独特的调号，自文艺复兴以来一直是西方音乐主体的结构基础；调性

(13)

 The principal tonality of a work:
调子：主要调性：
an etude in the key of E.
E大调练习曲

(14)

 The pitch of a voice or other sound.
声高：嗓音或其他声音的音高

(15)

 A characteristic tone or level of intensity, as of a speech or sales campaign. Often used in combination:
基调：演讲或销售竞赛的特色性调子或激烈程度，常用于复合词：
high-key; low-key.
高调；低调

(16)

 Botany The key fruit.
【植物学】 翅果

(17)

 An outline of the distinguishing characteristics of a group of organisms, used as a guide in taxonomic identification.
检表：一组生物的明显特征的概括，用于指导分类检查

(18)

 Basketball An area at each end of the court between the base line and the foul line and including the jump-ball circle at the foul line:
【篮球】 罚球区：球场两边的一区，位于底线和罚球线之间，包括罚球线上的跑球圈：
a jump shot from the top of the key.
从罚球场边的跳投
adj.（形容词）
Of crucial importance; significant:
关键的；意义重大的：
key decisions; the key element of the thesis.
意义重大的结论；论文的中心成分
v.tr.（及物动词）
keyed， key.ing， keys

(1)

 To lock with or as if with a key.
用或好象用钥匙锁

(2)

 Architecture To furnish (an arch) with a keystone.
【建筑学】 用拱顶石装饰（拱顶）

(3)

 Music To regulate the pitch of.
【音乐】 为…调音

(4)

 To bring into harmony; adjust or adapt.
使和谐；调节或使适应

(5)

 To supply an explanatory key for.
为…提供解答

(6)

 To operate (a device), as for typesetting by means of a keyboard.
操作（一个装置），如用键盘排字时

(7)

 To enter (data) into a computer by means of a keyboard.
用键盘把（信息）输入计算机

(8)

 To identify (a biological specimen).
鉴别（一个生物种类）

常用词组

 key up
To make intense, excited, or nervous.
使…热切、兴奋或紧张

习惯用语

 in key
In consonance with other factors.
与其他要素相协调

out of key
Not in consonance with other factors.
与其他要素不协调

语源

(1)

 Middle English kai, kei
中古英语 kai, kei

(2)

 from Old English c?g
源自 古英语 c?g

基本词义

 key
key 2
AHD:[k?]
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
n.（名词）
【复数】 keys
A low offshore island or reef, especially in the Gulf of Mexico; a cay.
礁：（尤指墨西哥湾内）海岸以外的低岛或礁；珊瑚礁

语源

(1)

 Alteration influenced by key variant of quay
受 key的影响 quay的变体

(2)

 of Spanish cayo * see cay
西班牙语 cayo的变化 *参见 cay

基本词义

 key
key 3
AHD:[k?]
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
n.（名词）
【复数】 keys【俚语】
A kilogram of marijuana, cocaine, or heroin.
一公斤：一公斤大麻、可卡因或海洛因

语源
Shortening and alteration of kilogram
kilogram的简写和变化

基本词义

 Key
Key
AHD:[k?] Francis Scott (1779-1843)
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
NONE（无词性）
American lawyer and poet who wrote “Defense of Fort M'Henry” after witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814. The poem was set to the music of an 18th-century tune called “To Anacreon in Heaven,” renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and in 1931 was adopted by Congress as the national anthem.
凯，弗朗西斯·斯科特：(1779-1843) 美国律师、诗人，目睹英国1814年9月13日至14日攻击巴尔的摩的麦克亨利堡之后写了“麦克亨利堡之辩”。这首诗被配上18世纪的一个曲子“致天堂里的亚奈科里翁”，重新命名为“星条旗”，1931年被美国国会定为国歌

现代英汉词典

 key 1
[ki:]
n.
keys

(1)

 钥匙
We have a key for the door of the house and a key for starting the car.
我们有房间门的钥匙和发动汽车的钥匙。

(2)

 键
the keys of a piano
钢琴琴键
the keys of a typewriter
打字机键

(3)

 解答；答案
a key to the grammar exercises
语法练习答案

(4)

 重要的人或物
The key for the eighty-year-old professor to keep fit is to jog three kilometres every morning.
这位八十高龄的教授保持身体健康的关键就是他每天早上慢跑三公里。
a key man
关键性人物

(5)

 〈音〉调

(6)

 〈植〉翅果

词性变化

 key
vt.
keyed, keying

(1)

 （常与in连用） 用键盘输入（数据等）

(2)

 （常与in, on连用）使准备；使适合
The factory is keyed to the production of military equipment.
那家工厂适于生产军事装备。

(3)

 用钥匙锁上

(4)

 （与to连用）使连接

常用词组

 key up
使激动；使紧张
I was keyed up about the exam.
我对考试感到紧张。

基本词义

 key 2
[ki:]
n.
低岛，暗礁

现代英汉综合大辞典

 key
[ki:]
n.
(=cay, quay)暗礁

用法词典

 key
来自古英语c?g坚固

英文相关词典

 key
answer    clue    explanation    lead    note    opener    pitch    tone    

[七国语言]英汉电子大词典

 key
键

[七国语言]英汉电子工程大词典

 key
键, 电键

[七国语言]英汉公共大词典

 key
钥匙;楔子;按钮

[七国语言]英汉机械大词典

 key
销;键

[七国语言]英汉建筑大词典

 key
楔, 键;楔石

[七国语言]英汉矿业大词典

 key
钥匙;楔

[七国语言]英汉轻工业大词典

 key
钥匙

[七国语言]英汉数学大词典

 key
链, 关链

[七国语言]英汉信息大词典

 key
键, 关键字, 密钥

英汉双解计算机词典

 key

键标,关键字; (密)钥; 键; 【动】键［输］入
1. An identifier within a set of data elements.
一组数据元素之内的一种标识符。 2. In file organization, one or more characters used to \{identify\} the record and establish the order of the record within an indexed file. | 在文件组织中,用于标识本记录的一个或若干个字符,即关键字,亦叫键标,借此可以确定 该记录在某个索引文件中的顺序。 3. In some multiprogramming systems, a value used to define or limit the access rights of programs. | 在某些多道程序设计系统中,一种用于定义(规定)或限制对程序进行访问的极限的值。 4. In programming language, such as COBOL, one or more data items, the contents of which identify the type or the location of a record, or the ordering of data. | 在程序设计语言(例如COBOL)中,一个或若干个数据项,其内容用于标明某个记录的类型 或所处的位置,或者标识数据的顺序。 5. In sorting, synonym for control word. | 在分类(排序)技术中,其含义同“控制字”。 6. In ACF/TCAM,a character string that matches a definition in the key table. This key identifies the destination of a message or special processing to be done on that message. It can also identify a station, logical unit (LU), or application in the network. | 在IBM的联网通信软件ACF/TCAM中,一种“与键表中的某一定义相匹配的”字符串, 用以标明既定报文的收信方(简称收报方)或对该报文应做何种特殊的处理,也可以标识 网络中的工作站、逻辑单元(LU)或应用程序。 7. In computer security, the reference or algorithm necessary to represent data in a privacy code or to reconstruct the original from such a representation. | 在计算机安全技术中,一种参考值或算法,用以表示专用代码中的数据,或通过类似的这种 表达式,重新构造出原始信息。 8. In telegraphy communications, a device with a finger-operated lever with contacts that make and break a circuit to send characters by means of dots and dashes or spaced clicks. | 在电报通信技术中,一种用手指操纵的器件,通过按下、松开使电路一会儿通、一会儿 断,形成点、划、空的信号,从而发送出字符(信息)。 9. In typewriter or terminal, an element of a keyboard, a button or switch actuator that, when pressed, cause the printing, display, or transmission of a character or performance of a control function. | 打字机或终端(中的)键盘上的一种部件,即某个按钮或开关的激励部件［杠杆］,称之为 键。按下这个键,就会引起打印、显示或传送一个字符,或者实现某一特定的控制功能。 10. To send or enter data by means of a keyboard. | 作动词用时,表示借助键盘来发送或输入数据。

美国传统词典

 key
key 1
AHD:[k?]
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
n.
pl. keys

(1)

 A notched and grooved, usually metal implement that is turned to open or close a lock.

(2)

 A similar device used for opening or winding:
the key of a clock; a can that has a key attached.

(3)

 A means of access, control, or possession.

(4)

 A vital, crucial element.

(5)

 A set of answers to a test.

(6)

 A table, gloss, or cipher for decoding or interpreting.

(7)

 A device, such as a wedge or pin, inserted to lock together mechanical or structural parts.

(8)

 Architecture The keystone in the crown of an arch.

(9)

 A button or lever that is pressed with the finger to operate a machine.

(10)

 Music A button or lever that is pressed with the finger to produce or modulate the sound of an instrument, such as a clarinet or piano.

(11)

 Music

(12)

 A tonal system consisting of seven tones in fixed relationship to a tonic, having a characteristic key signature and being since the Renaissance the structural foundation of the bulk of Western music; tonality.

(13)

 The principal tonality of a work:
an etude in the key of E.

(14)

 The pitch of a voice or other sound.

(15)

 A characteristic tone or level of intensity, as of a speech or sales campaign. Often used in combination:
high-key; low-key.

(16)

 Botany The key fruit.

(17)

 An outline of the distinguishing characteristics of a group of organisms, used as a guide in taxonomic identification.

(18)

 Basketball An area at each end of the court between the base line and the foul line and including the jump-ball circle at the foul line:
a jump shot from the top of the key.
adj.
Of crucial importance; significant:
key decisions; the key element of the thesis.
v.tr.
keyed, key.ing, keys

(1)

 To lock with or as if with a key.

(2)

 Architecture To furnish (an arch) with a keystone.

(3)

 Music To regulate the pitch of.

(4)

 To bring into harmony; adjust or adapt.

(5)

 To supply an explanatory key for.

(6)

 To operate (a device), as for typesetting by means of a keyboard.

(7)

 To enter (data) into a computer by means of a keyboard.

(8)

 To identify (a biological specimen).

常用词组

 key up
To make intense, excited, or nervous.

习惯用语

 in key
In consonance with other factors.

out of key
Not in consonance with other factors.

语源

(1)

 Middle English kai, kei

(2)

 from Old English c?g

基本词义

 key
key 2
AHD:[k?]
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
n.
pl. keys
A low offshore island or reef, especially in the Gulf of Mexico; a cay.

语源

(1)

 Alteration influenced by key variant of quay

(2)

 of Spanish cayo * see cay

基本词义

 key
key 3
AHD:[k?]
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
n.
pl. keysSlang
A kilogram of marijuana, cocaine, or heroin.

语源
Shortening and alteration of kilogram

基本词义

 Key
Key
AHD:[k?] Francis Scott (1779-1843)
D.J.[ki8]
K.K.[ki]
NONE
American lawyer and poet who wrote “Defense of Fort M'Henry” after witnessing the British attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814. The poem was set to the music of an 18th-century tune called “To Anacreon in Heaven,” renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and in 1931 was adopted by Congress as the national anthem.

[名词委审定]英汉动物学名词(1996)

 key
检索[表]

[名词委审定]英汉机械工程名词(一, 定义版, 2000)

 key

(1)

 键

(2)

 置于轴和轴上零件的槽或座中，使二者周向固定以传递转矩的联接件。

[名词委审定]英汉计算机名词(第二版, 2002)

 key
键

基本词义

 key
[键]码

[名词委审定]英汉昆虫学名词（2000）

 key

(1)

 检索表

(2)

 分類檢索表

[名词委审定]英汉林学名词(1989)

 key
键

[名词委审定]英汉水利科技名词(定义版, 1997)

 key

(1)

 键槽

(2)

 为保证施工横缝、纵缝的缝面在灌浆后能形成整体或不灌浆也能有效地传递剪力而在缝面上设置的三角形或梯形的槽。

[名词委审定]英汉铁道科技名词(1997)

 key
电键

[名词委审定]英汉物理学名词(1996)

 key
电键

英汉船舶大词典

 key
n.按钮,扳手,电键;n.主要的

英汉电力大词典

 key
n.健,楔

朗文英汉综合电脑词典

 key
键码 密钥；(操作)键；键标，关键字[码]；【修】关键[K]

英汉电信大词典

 key
n.钥,按钮;n.关键码,键关键码

英汉地质大词典

 key
n.键,电键,按钮,关键,图解,检索表

英汉法学大词典

 key
adj.基本 ,基础

英汉纺织大词典

 key
n.键,信息标号,关键码

英汉广播大词典

 key
n.按纽,画面嵌入,影调;n.音键

英汉航海大词典

 key
n.关键

英汉环境大词典

 key
n.关键,图解,检索表

英汉航空大词典

 key
n.键,钥匙;n.钥匙,健

英汉化学大词典

 key
n.钥匙,楔,键,信息标号,关键,解答,秘决;adj.主要的

英汉海运大词典

 key
电键，开关，按钮键，销钥匙扳手表解，图解主要的，关键的，基本的键控负上，插上

基本词义

 key
电键开关，按钮键销负上，扳手，表解，图解，关键，要害，主要的，关键的，基本的，基础的，键控，锁上，插上，键入，钥匙，楔，栓，适淹或干露出的沙洲或珊瑚礁，发报

基本词义

 key
键入钥匙键，电键按钮楔栓，适淹或干露出的沙洲或珊瑚礁发报

基本词义

 key
电键，开关，按钮键，销钥匙扳手表解，图解关键，要害主要的，关键的，基本的，基础的键控，发报锁上，插上

基本词义

 key
控制键

英汉进出口商品词汇大全

 key
钥匙

英汉经贸大词典

 key
n.关键

英汉计算机大词典

 key
n.键(楔,信息标号;adj.主要的

英汉机械大词典

 key
n.键,楔

英汉建筑大词典

 key
n.钥匙,键,按钮

英汉农牧林大词典

 key
n.鉴定说明

英汉汽车大词典

 key
n.键,钥匙

英汉水利大词典

 key
n.键,楔,销

英汉心理学大词典

 key
键

英汉冶金大词典

 key
n.键,接钮

英汉医学大词典

 key
n.关键的,检索表

英汉中医大词典

 key
n.要害,秘诀,关键的

英汉造纸大词典

 key
n.钥匙,键,关键,键,楔,钥匙