喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can hold the core picture as the little shaped piece of metal you slide into a lock and turn — the one small thing that, once you have it, lets you open what was shut. Almost every other meaning keeps that feeling of 'the one thing that unlocks / decides'.

可以把 key 的核心畫面想成那把形狀特別的小金屬：插進鎖孔、一轉，原本關著的就打開了。重點不在金屬本身，而在「有了…更多收起可以把 key 的核心畫面想成那把形狀特別的小金屬：插進鎖孔、一轉，原本關著的就打開了。重點不在金屬本身，而在「有了它，鎖住的東西就開了」這種感覺——一個能解開、能決定成敗的小關鍵。後面像『關鍵』『按鍵』『琴鍵』『解答』『圖例』這些，幾乎都還帶著「按下／轉動它，就能讓某個東西運作或被看懂」的味道。其中『小島』是另一條來歷不同的線。

原始詞典資料61 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Keyname

  • 1

    A surname.

keynoun詞源 1/kiː/

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    An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).

    • This key is to the backdoor.
    • insert the key into the lock (formal); put the key in the lock (informal)
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    An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).

    • My hotel room key is a card.
    • The gym will give you a fob that opens the door.
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    computingcryptographyengineeringAn object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).

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    An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).

    • if you know someone who is in the channel, you can query them and ask for the key.
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    slangAn object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).

    • I saw him snort a key at the party.
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    An object designed to open and close a lock or to activate or deactivate something, especially a length of metal inserted into a narrow opening on the lock to which it is matched (keyed).

    • The exterminator will bring a key thingy that can open the bait boxes.
    • Safe-deposit boxes open with a special key.
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    An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

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    architectureAn object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

另外 31 個記錄的用法
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    architectureAn object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

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    businessconstructionmanufacturingAn object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

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    An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

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    rail-transportrailwaystransportAn object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.

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    A crucial step or requirement.

    • Persistence is the key to solving this problem.
    • The key to winning that game is your strategy at the beginning.
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    A crucial step or requirement.

    • The key to his proposal is that he thinks this company is dying and needs radical change.
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    A crucial step or requirement.

    • Her charm is the key to her success.
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    Senses relating to a guide that identifies information.

    • map key
    • The key says that A stands for the accounting department.
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    Senses relating to a guide that identifies information.

    • Some students cheated by using the key.
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    biologynatural-sciencesSenses relating to a guide that identifies information.

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    computingengineeringmathematicsSenses relating to a guide that identifies information.

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    computingdatabasesengineeringSenses relating to a guide that identifies information.

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    computingengineeringmathematicsSenses relating to a set of features that modify the output of a device.

    • Press the Escape key.
    • A key; B key, etc.
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    entertainmentlifestylemusicSenses relating to a set of features that modify the output of a device.

    • piano key
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    Senses relating to a set of features that modify the output of a device.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

    • the key of B-flat major
    • A girl, it is true, has always lived in a glass house among reproving relatives, whose word was law; she has been bred up to sacrifice her judgments and take the key submissively from dear papa; and it is wonderful how swiftly she can change her tune into the husband's.
  • 25

    entertainmentlifestylemusicA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

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    entertainmentlifestylemusicA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

    • 2. Queen.[…]Deere Glasse of Ladies Bid him that we whom flaming war doth scortch, Vnder the shaddow of his Sword, may coole us: Require him he advance it ore our heades; Speak't in a womans key: like such a woman As any of us three; weepe ere you faile; lend us a knee; But touch the ground for us no longer time Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: Tell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone What you would doe.
    • ?, William Cowper, Conversation You fall at once into a lower key.
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    advertisingbusinessentertainmentA scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

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    Senses of items with visual similarity to a key or group of keys on a keyring.

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    biologybotanynatural-sciencesSenses of items with visual similarity to a key or group of keys on a keyring.

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    ball-gamesbasketballgamesSenses of items with visual similarity to a key or group of keys on a keyring.

    • He shoots from the top of the key.
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    cartomancyhuman-sciencesmysticismSenses of items with visual similarity to a key or group of keys on a keyring.

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    artartsSenses related to colors.

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    Senses related to colors.

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    broadcastingcomputer-graphicscomputingSenses related to colors.

    • You can easily create this type of user interface by creating a bitmap with certain portions set to a predefined color you want to use as the transparency key.
    • There are key controls that adjust the “slice level” or the level at which the key kicks-in and starts cutting a hole for the “fill” […] Chroma key is another form of keying, which derives the key cutter or hole from a selected color.
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    historicalA manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.

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    The degree of roughness, or the ability of a surface to retain an applied liquid, such as paint or glue.

    • The door panel should be sanded down carefully to provide a good key for the new paint.

keyadj詞源 1/kiː/

  • 1

    Indispensable, supremely important.

    • He is the key player on his soccer team.
    • Paradoxically enough, however, in general only the parties of the Left have done most to spread the belief that it was the numerical strength of the opposing material interests which decided political issues, whereas in practice these same parties have regularly and successfully acted as if they understood the key position of the intellectuals.
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    Important, salient.

    • She makes several key points.
    • Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.

keyverb詞源 1/kiː/

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    To fit (a lock) with a key.

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    To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.

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    To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.

    • So I worked on a tissue-paper copy of the perimeter plan, outlining groupings of plants of the same species and keying them with letters for the species.
    • The volume closes with thirty pages of "Notes, critical and explanatory," in which Thomson provides seventy-six longer or shorter notes keyed to specific sections of the synopsis.
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    broadcastingcommunicationselectrical-engineeringTo depress (a telegraph key).

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    broadcastingmediaradioTo operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).

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    computingengineeringmathematics(more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.

    • Our instructor told us to key in our user IDs.
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    To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.

    • He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot.
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    To link (as one might do with a key or legend).

    • The American Heart Association has prepared their own guide to classification and, keying it with the Standard Nomenclature of Diseases, have done much to encourage a concise yet complete diagnosis.
    • The workman's compensation system rests on incentives (premium payments) that are keyed to the immediate and relatively undeniable nature of injuries; […]
另外 6 個記錄的用法
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    biologynatural-sciencestaxonomyTo be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.

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    advertisingbusinessmarketingTo modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.

    • Keying advertisements and counting the number of inquiries received or the number of coupons returned to indicate the "pulling power" of a particular piece of copy or the coverage of a particular advertising medium.
    • Another popular way to key ads and mailings is to use a suite number, room number, department number, desk number, etc. as part of the ordering address. With a classified ad, using such a key may increase your ad cost. Why? Because you're using an extra word or two to key the ad.
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    To attune to; to set at; to pitch.

    • To Ethel alone she addressed a stray remark, keyed below the sound of other voices.
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    To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

    • they Mouldered and keyed the Portico Arches with Pieces of Stone, because Brick was not strong enough
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    To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).

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    To provide an arch with a keystone.

    • The last arch in the permanant ^([sic]) bridge was keyed on March 26, 1850, and a single track was brought into use for goods trains on July 20.

keynoun詞源 2/kiː/

  • 1

    One of a string of small islands.

    • the Florida Keys

keynoun詞源 3/kiː/

  • 1

    slangA kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.

    • So starting with ten keys of cocaine and two keys of heroin, Derrick put his plan in motion. Soon every major drug dealer and gang chief from Chicago Avenue to Evanston was in his pocket.

keynoun詞源 5/kiː/

  • 1

    A key position player (a tall forward or defender).

    • "It just means that one of them here and there will need to play on a small-to-medium forward (instead of Riewoldt) which is fine. Our keys are pretty agile."

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。