key英 [ki:]　美 [ki]　

第三人称单数：keys第三人称复数：keys现在分词：keying过去分词：keyed过去式：keyed

key 基本解释

名词 钥匙; （打字机等的）键; 关键，线索，秘诀; （音乐的）调

及物动词 键入; 锁上; 调节…的音调; 提供线索

不及物动词 使用钥匙

形容词 关键的; 主要的

key 相关词组

1. key up : 使激动；

key 相关例句

及物动词

1. The musicians keyed their instruments just before the concert began.
    乐师们在音乐会快开始前为乐器调了音。

名词

1. The quarterback was the key of their team.
    那四分后卫是他们队的灵魂人物。

2. 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。

3. This is the key to world peace.
    这是世界和平的关键。

key 网络解释

key 钥匙，琴键，关键

来自古英语caeg,钥匙，可能来自Proto-Germanic*ki,劈开，分开，来自PIE*ke,使锋利，磨，词源同cone,hone.后用于指钥匙，引申词义琴键，键盘，比喻义关键，核心。

key 双语例句

• 1. The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly.

• 关键问题是4名被告是否存在欺诈行为。

• 2. For a beach resort with a difference, try Key West.

• 如果想去一个与众不同的海滨度假胜地，那就去基韦斯特吧。

• 3. He unlocked her door and handed her back the key.

• 他给她打开门锁，并把钥匙交还给她。

• 4. The key to his success is his logical mind.

• 他成功的关键在于他擅长逻辑思维。

• 5. At these conventions, executives fraternized with the key personnel of other banks.

• 在这些集会上，主管们和其他银行的重要人员友善往来。

key 词典解释

1. 钥匙
    A key is a specially shaped piece of metal that you place in a lock and turn in order to open or lock a door, or to start or stop the engine of a vehicle.

    e.g. They put the key in the door and entered...
           他们用钥匙打开门进去了。
    e.g. She reached for her coat and car keys.
           她伸手拿外套和汽车钥匙。

2. （计算机或打字机的）键
    The keys on a computer keyboard or typewriter are the buttons that you press in order to operate it.

3. （钢琴或风琴的）键
    The keys of a piano or organ are the long narrow pieces of wood or plastic that you press in order to play it.

4. （音乐的）调
    In music, a key is a scale of musical notes that starts on one specific note.

    e.g. ...the key of A minor.
           A小调

5. （地图、图解或科技书籍的）略语表，符号表，凡例
    The key on a map or diagram or in a technical book is a list of the symbols or abbreviations used and their meanings.

    e.g. You will find a key at the front of the book.
           你会在书的前面找到略语表。

6. 最重要的；关键的
    The key person or thing in a group is the most important one.

    e.g. He is expected to be the key witness at the trial...
           他将成为审判的关键证人。
    e.g. Education is likely to be a key issue in the next election.
           在下届选举中教育可能成为最重要的一个议题。

7. 关键；要诀
    The key to a desirable situation or result is the way in which it can be achieved.

    e.g. The key to success is to be ready from the start...
           成功的关键在于从一开始就要准备充分。
    e.g. Diet and relaxation are two important keys to good health.
           限制饮食和放松身心是保持健康的两个要诀。

8. see also: master key
    under lock and key -> see lock

相关词组：key in

key 英英释义

noun

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

3. the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

    Synonym: keystone headstone

4. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

    Synonym: winder

5. pitch of the voice

    e.g. he spoke in a low key

6. something crucial for explaining

    e.g. the key to development is economic integration

7. a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

    e.g. a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it

8. a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

9. a list of answers to a test

    e.g. some students had stolen the key to the final exam

10. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

    Synonym: tonality

11. (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

      e.g. he hit a jump shot from the top of the key
             he dominates play in the paint

      Synonym: paint

12. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

      Synonym: cay Florida key

13. a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

      Synonym: samara key fruit

14. a kilogram of a narcotic drug

      e.g. they were carrying two keys of heroin

verb

1. harmonize with or adjust to

    e.g. key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude

2. regulate the musical pitch of

3. identify as in botany or biology, for example

    Synonym: identify discover key out distinguish describe name

4. vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

    e.g. His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot

5. provide with a key

    e.g. We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building

adj

1. serving as an essential component

    e.g. a cardinal rule
           the central cause of the problem
           an example that was fundamental to the argument
           computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure

    Synonym: cardinal central fundamental primal