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Results for: "key"

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Translations:

key — device designed to open and close a lock
→ 鑰匙 (yàoshi)
→ 鑰 (yào)
key — button on a typewriter or computer keyboard
→ 鍵 (jiàn)
key — part of a piano or musical keyboard
→ 鍵 (jiàn)

More translations:

key
→ 鑰匙
key
→ 琴鍵
key
→ 字鍵
key
→ 調
key
→ 秘訣
key
→ 圖例
key
→ 關鍵的

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (15)

1. metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated;

2. something crucial for explaining;
- Example: "the key to development is economic integration"

3. pitch of the voice;
- Example: "he spoke in a low key"

4. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music;
[syn: key, tonality]

5. a kilogram of a narcotic drug;
- Example: "they were carrying two keys of heroin"

6. a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple;
[syn: samara, key fruit, key]

7. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner'; (1779-1843);
[syn: Key, Francis Scott Key]

8. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida;
[syn: key, cay, Florida key]

9. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court;
- Example: "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"
- Example: "he dominates play in the paint"
[syn: key, paint]

10. a list of answers to a test;
- Example: "some students had stolen the key to the final exam"

11. a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations;

12. a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access;
- Example: "a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it"

13. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock);
[syn: winder, key]

14. the central building block at the top of an arch or vault;
[syn: keystone, key, headstone]

15. a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed;


VERB (5)

1. identify as in botany or biology, for example;
[syn: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name]

2. provide with a key;
- Example: "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building"

3. vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key;
- Example: "His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"

4. regulate the musical pitch of;

5. harmonize with or adjust to;
- Example: "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude";


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving as an essential component;
- Example: "a cardinal rule"
- Example: "the central cause of the problem"
- Example: "an example that was fundamental to the argument"
- Example: "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
[syn: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal]