cipher
- IPA[ˈsʌɪfə]
英式
- a secret or disguised way of writing; a code；something written in a code
- put (a message) into secret writing; encode；do arithmetic.
verb: cipher, 3rd person present: ciphers, gerund or present participle: ciphering, past tense: ciphered, past participle: ciphered
noun: cipher, plural noun: ciphers
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a secret or disguised way of writing; a code he wrote cryptic notes in a cipher the information may be given in cipher 同義詞
- ▪ something written in a code he came across ciphers written on parchment and concealed in a hollow altar pillar 同義詞
- ▪ a key to a code.
- 2. dated a zero; a figure 0. 同義詞
- ▪ a person of no importance, especially one who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own journalists are not mere interchangeable ciphers in the propaganda battle 同義詞 反義詞
- 3. a monogram a pair of rock crystal goblets engraved with the cipher of Peter the Great 同義詞
動詞
- 1. put (a message) into secret writing; encode he left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
- 2. archaic do arithmetic.
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- IPA[ˈsīfər]
美式
- a secret or disguised way of writing; a code: he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher the information may be given in cipher
- put (a message) into secret writing; encode: he left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[ˈsʌɪfə]
英式
- a continuous sounding of an organ pipe, caused by a mechanical defect.
- (of an organ pipe) sound continuously.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[ˈsīfər]
美式
- a continuous sounding of an organ pipe, caused by a mechanical defect.
- (of an organ pipe) sound continuously.
Oxford American Dictionary