key

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

一种金属装置，其形状使其插入适当的锁时，锁的机构可以旋转

a lr (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

一种杠杆（如键盘上的杠杆），当被压下时能驱动一个机械装置

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

拱顶或拱顶上的中心建筑块

keystone

headstone

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

用弹簧带动另一装置的机械装置（如时钟）

winder

pitch of the voice

音调

he spoke in a low key

他说话很低调

something crucial for explaining

重要的解释

the key to dlopment is economic integration

发展的关键是经济一体化

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

对任何设备的通用术语，其拥有权使持有人有权使用一种存取手段

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

保险箱通常需要两把钥匙才能打开

a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

解释符号或缩写的单词或短语的列表

a list of answers to a test

表

some students had stolen the key to the final exam

一些学生偷了期末考试的钥匙

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

为一首音乐提供音调框架的24个大调或小调音阶中的任何一个

tonality

(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court

（篮球）篮球场两端篮筐前的空间（包括犯规线）

usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

通常涂成不同于其他球场的颜色

he hit a jump shot from the top of the key

他从钥匙顶上打了一个跳投

he dominates play in the paint

他在绘画中独占鳌头

paint

a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

佛罗里达南部海岸的珊瑚礁

cay

Florida key

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

一种有翅的通常是一粒不裂的果实，如灰树、榆树或枫树

samara

key fruit

a kilogram of a drug

一公斤品

they were carrying two keys of

他们带着两把钥匙

harmonize with or adjust to

协调或适应

key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude

对选民普遍态度的关键行动

regulate the musical pitch of

调节音高

identify as in botany or biology, for example

如在植物学或生物学中识别

identify

discover

key out

distinguish

describe

name

vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

用钥匙划破汽车的侧面

His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot

他的新奔驰车昨晚在停车场被锁上了钥匙

provide with a key

提供钥匙

We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building

我们在大楼里换了锁后被锁上了

serving as an essential component

作为基本组成部分

a cardinal rule

基本规则

the central cause of the problem

问题的中心原因

an example that was fundamental to the argument

一个对这一论点至关重要的例子

comrs are fundamental to modern industrial structure

计算机是现代工业结构的基础

cardinal

central

fundamental

primal