cipher

noun

/ˈsaɪfə(r)/

/ˈsaɪfər/

(also cypher)

[uncountable, countable] a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others密码；暗号 synonym code
- a message in cipher密码信
see also decipher
[countable] (formal, disapproving) a person or thing of no importance无足轻重的人；无关紧要的东西
- To her employers she was a mere cipher, with no human feelings at all.对她的雇主来说，她只是一个无名小卒，毫无人情味。
(British English) the first letters of somebody’s name combined in a design and used to mark things（姓名首字母的）拼合字，花押
- The glasses were engraved with the Queen’s cipher.眼镜上刻有女王的密码。

词源late Middle English (in the senses ‘symbol for zero’ and ‘Arabic numeral’): from Old French cifre, based on Arabic ṣifr ‘zero’.

词汇	cipher
释义	cipher noun /ˈsaɪfə(r)/ /ˈsaɪfər/ (also cypher) [uncountable, countable] a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others密码；暗号 synonym code a message in cipher密码信 see also decipher [countable] (formal, disapproving) a person or thing of no importance无足轻重的人；无关紧要的东西 To her employers she was a mere cipher, with no human feelings at all.对她的雇主来说，她只是一个无名小卒，毫无人情味。 (British English) the first letters of somebody’s name combined in a design and used to mark things（姓名首字母的）拼合字，花押 The glasses were engraved with the Queen’s cipher.眼镜上刻有女王的密码。词源late Middle English (in the senses ‘symbol for zero’ and ‘Arabic numeral’): from Old French cifre, based on Arabic ṣifr ‘zero’.
随便看	in preference to sb/sth in preference to somebody/something in preference to sth in principle in print in private in progress in public in pursuance of in pursuance of in pursuance of something in pursuance of sth input input_1 input_2 inputer inputs inputted inputter inputting inquest in question in-question inquests inquest's