音标:[ki:] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 钥匙, 键, 解答, 关键, 要害, 基调, 线索, 答案, 暗礁
vt. 调音, 锁上, 提供线索
vi. 使用钥匙
[计] 键, 密钥
n. metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
n. something crucial for explaining
n. pitch of the voice
n. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
词型变化:名词复数形式 : keys ; 过去分词 : keyed ; 现在分词 : keying ; 过去式 : keyed ; 第三人称单数 : keys
考试类型:[中考/高考/IELTS]
词性分布:
形容词57%
名词40%
动词3%

key的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He is striking the key of his typewrite.他敲打着打字机的字键。
  2. To exit from this page, press the return key.退出本页面按返回键。
  3. The key here is to set up a responsibility system.关键是建立责任制。
  4. This was the key to success of our initial talks.这就是我们当初会谈取得成功的关键所在。
  5. The key to an entertainer's success is personality.一个演员成功的关键在于他是否有个性。
  6. I have mislaid my key to the door.我不知道把门钥匙放到哪里了。
  7. She inserted the key into the lock.她把钥匙插入锁中。
  8. Do you know the key to the question?你知道问题的答案吗?
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. They zeroed in on the key issues.他们集中讨论了关键问题。
  2. The key factor to success is hard work.成功的关键因素是努力工作。
  3. He is a key witness in this case.在这个案件中,他是一个主要见证人。
  4. This is a key feature of our society.这是我们社会的一个主要特点。
  5. We must take firm hold the key link of our work.我们要牢牢抓住工作的主要环节。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. She keyed in all the new data.她键入了所有的新数据。
  2. I've keyed this sentence (in) three times, and it's still wrong!我把这个句子输入了三次,可是仍然不对!
  3. To make matter worse, I locked my key in the car.更糟的是,我把钥匙锁在车里了。
  4. Keeping an extra key in a coat pocket may assist drivers who lock their keys in their cars during a chaotic situation.在外衣兜里留一把另外的钥匙对在混乱情况中将其钥匙锁在车内的司机来可能是有帮助的。
  5. Please key the piano up to concert pitch.请调高钢琴的音,达到合奏的音调。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. This lock has a special key.这个锁有把特别的钥匙。
  2. This bunch of keys is yours.这串钥匙是你的。
  3. He cried that he had found the key.他大声叫喊找到了钥匙。
  4. I spent ten minutes searching through the drawer for the key, and it was in my bag all the time!我花了十分钟翻遍抽屉找钥匙,原来钥匙一直在我包里。
  5. He left his keys in his bed.他把钥匙遗忘在床上了。
  6. I didn't miss the key until I got home and found it wasn't in my bag.直到我回到家想从包里拿钥匙时,才发现它不见了。
  7. Where is the key to the office?办公室的钥匙在哪儿?
  8. I lost the key to the door.我把门钥匙丢了。
  9. Have you got the key to this door?你有这个门的钥匙吗?
  10. He used his key to open the door.他用钥匙开门。
  11. Transport has always been the master key of trade.运输一向是贸易的关键。
  12. The key to the whole affair was his jealousy.整个事件的症结就是因为他妒忌。
  13. Education becomes the key to progress.教育成为进步的关键。
  14. Diligence is the key to success.勤奋是成功的秘诀。
  15. Diet and exercise are the key to good health.吃规定食物和锻炼是身体健康的关键。
  16. The key to good health is to eat and sleep regularly.保持身体健康的秘诀是饮食和睡眠要有规律。
  17. Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要害。
  18. Her fingers touched the keys of the typewriter speedily and accurately.她的手指迅速而准确地触动打字机的键。
  19. A key is the part of a piano that you touch to make music.琴键是钢琴上用手指敲击的部件,它能使钢琴发出乐音。
  20. Piano keys are either black or white.钢琴键不是黑色的就是白色的。
  21. The instruments were tuned to the key of E.乐器都调为E调。
  22. The letter was written in an angry key.这封信是用愤怒的口吻写成的。
  23. Her speech was all in the same key.她的演说自始至终是一个基调。
  24. I don't know the key to the puzzle.我不知道这个谜语的谜底。
  25. He is a key man.他是个重要人物。
  26. Beijing University is one of the key universities in China.北京大学是中国的一所重点大学。
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. I have keyed this sentence three times, and it's still wrong!我把这个句子输入了三次,可是仍然不对。
  2. The company keyed its factories to produce more goods.该公司使他的各工厂能够生产更多的货物。
  3. The concert was a failure because the instruments were wrongly keyed.那场音乐会失败了,因为乐器定错调了。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
get〔have〕 the key to the door
    到达法定年龄 reach the age of majority
key to a problem
    解决问题的办法 aspect of a problem that, if dealt with, leads to a solution
用作动词(v.)
key to (v.+prep.)
    使…与…一致〔适合〕 make sth accord with sthkey sth to sth

    They tried to key the programme to a younger audience.

    他们努力使这个节目适合比较年轻的观众。

    The farm was keyed to the needs of the local people.

    农场按当地人的需要作了调整。

    Their new factories are keyed to produce the things that their army needs.

    他们把新工厂设计成适合军工生产的地方。

key up (v.+adv.)
    使某人激动或紧张 make sb excited, nervous or tensekey up

    This piano wants keying up.

    这架钢琴需要调音。

    key sth up

    They keyed a piano up to concert pitch.

    他们把钢琴的音调升高到音乐会的高音标准。

    key sb ⇔ up

    The thought of the coming expedition to Tibet keyed them up to a high pitch of excitement.

    一想到即将去西藏考察,他们都感到极度兴奋。

    The coach keyed up the team for the big game.

    教练鼓励队员以备大赛。

    The crowd was keyed up for the football match.

    群众为这场球赛而欢欣。

    I was keyed up about the examination.

    我因考试而紧张。

    The manager warned us not to get too keyed up before the big match.

    领队告诫我们在大赛之前不要太激动。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • break the key把钥匙弄断了
  • cut a key配一把钥匙
  • fit a key配一把钥匙
  • introduce the key into the lock把钥匙插入锁内
  • keep a key拿着一把钥匙
  • lose a key丢失一把钥匙
  • make a key做一把钥匙
  • pocket a key把钥匙放进兜里
  • put the key in the lock把钥匙插入锁内
  • put the key under the door闭户而去
  • turn the key转动钥匙
  • use the key用钥匙
  • afford the key提供线索
  • discover the key to发现…的线索
  • find a key找到答案
  • have the key有了办法
  • hold the keys of〔to〕掌握,控制,支配…
  • offer the key提供线索
  • pound the keys弹键
  • press a key按键
  • strike a key按键
  • tap the keys弹键
  • play in the key of C用C调演奏
形容词+~
  • dead key死键
  • golden key金钥匙
  • high key高音调
  • low key低音调
  • major key大调
  • master key万能钥匙
  • right key正确答案
  • soft key软键
~+名词
  • key factor重要因素
  • key figure关键人物
  • key industry基本工业
  • key issue关键问题
  • key man关键人物
  • key position重要位置
  • key post重要职位
  • key role关键性作用
  • key speech重要发言
  • key university重点大学
介词+~
  • in a key用某一个调
  • in the key of用…调演奏
  • in the same key单调地,千篇一律地
  • off key不合调,走调
  • under lock and key严密监禁
~+介词
  • key for the use of teachers供教师用的题解
  • key in the lock插在锁头里的钥匙
  • key of开…的钥匙
  • key of C major C大调
  • key of the door开门的钥匙
  • key of the lock开锁的钥匙
  • key of the position要害地点
  • key of the room开房间的钥匙
  • key to开…的钥匙
  • key to an understanding of the situation了解形势的线索
  • key to good health健康的诀窍
  • key to success成功的秘诀
  • key to the difficulty解决困难的办法
  • key to the door开门的钥匙
  • key to the lock开锁的钥匙
  • key to the room开房间的钥匙
  • key to the secret秘密的线索
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • key one's mood使某人的情绪适合
  • key the factories使工厂适合
  • key the programme使这个节目适合
  • key this sentence输入这个句子
~+介词
  • key to the needs适合需要

经典引文

  • I tried the lock with one of my own keys, and managed to open the trunk.

    出自:A. S. Neill
  • She has a key and lets herself in.

    出自:W. Wharton
  • A..Mustang with the driver's window open and the key in the ignition.

    出自:J. Gores
  • Lean young skyscrapers..key in with Rome's general virtuosity.

    出自:E. Bowen

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a-c bias
artificial transition
ascogenous
bacterial plant disease
be meat and drink for someone
be symptomatic of
bird-arm
bivariate function generator
breise
buttfuck
by-passage
cellulose film
chandly
choke up with
column with constant cross-section
control diode
corpsing
creep crack
cross-bred
cruising horse-power
crural sarcoma
CubeSat
curli
dalin
differential receiver statics
din-dins
dire
Draw Sample
eases up
ex-users
fresh infusion of senna
gaitas
George Sandism
golfingia margaritacea margaritacea
gravity segregation
independent sample design
indicator pressure
indirect gap semicondutor
infighting
interfacial angle
invoice outward
keeners
Kuznets cycle
laparocystectomy
Lummus cracking process
Maakel Region
mabrouk
Masubia
Mazak alloys
medium-temperature salt bath rectifier
milliken conductor
miracle cure
monocolous
Moral de Calatrava
nanoresistor
non-homing-type rotary switch
nuisance values
optical-discs
penicillium janczewskii
persistent pesticide
plagueful
plagueship
practical esthetics
prior equity
produce a play
programming language extension
quarterline
quickbreads
re-advances
recueil
regular-season
repairing base
resilient drive
retiered
retirement table
revhead
Rhodo phyceae
right-front
rigid-tine rotary cultivator
riparias riparias
sack tap
Salsola tragus
sericite in powder
sex-conditioned inheritance
sham eating
silk gauze
socket cover
solidago spathulatas
spare wire
spheric scale
stereoblastula
stream flow routing
superintendent engineer
swizzles
thermal denaturation
Troyish
trufan
type ahead
ubundu (ponthierville)
venae hypogastrica
Xenoantibodies
Zonabris