verb🔗Share配钥匙,配置钥匙。 To fit (a lock) with a key."The locksmith is keying the new lock to match my house key. "锁匠正在为新锁配钥匙,让它能用我家的钥匙打开。utilitytechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用键连接,键合 To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them."The mechanic was carefully keying the pulley onto the shaft to ensure it spun correctly and wouldn't slip. "那个机械师正在小心地用键将滑轮键合到轴上,以确保它旋转顺畅且不会打滑。technicalmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share录入,键入 To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class."The librarian was keying each new book with a special sticker to show it belonged to the children's section. "图书馆员正在给每本新书贴上特殊的标签,以此标记它们属于儿童阅览区。marksignactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share发报, 按键。 (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key)."The telegraph operator was quickly keying a message across the country. "电报员正在快速地发报,将消息传遍全国。technologycommunicationelectronicstechnicalsignalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share按键通话, 发射键操作 To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio)."The dispatcher was keying the microphone to alert all patrol cars. "调度员正在按键通话,通知所有巡逻车。communicationelectronicstechnologysignalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share录入,键入。 (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."我们的指导老师让我们键入我们的用户ID。technologycomputingcommunicationinternetmachineelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share划车,刮车。 To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key."He keyed the car that had taken his parking spot."他把占了他停车位的车给划了。propertyactionpolicevehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share连接,关联。 To link (as one might do with a key or legend)."The teacher keying the chart showed which colors represented different types of flowers. "老师连接图表,标明了哪些颜色代表哪些种类的花。communicationtechnologycomputinginternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share检索,查阅。 To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key."After careful observation of its leaf shape and flower structure, the student was keying this plant to the genus Acer using the field guide. "通过仔细观察其叶片形状和花朵结构后,这位学生正在使用野外手册检索这种植物,以确定它属于Acer(槭属)。biologyscienceorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share有针对性地修改, 定向修改 To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic."The marketing team is keying the online ads to specifically target young adults interested in gaming. "市场营销团队正在有针对性地修改在线广告,以便精准定位对游戏感兴趣的年轻人。mediabusinesscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share定调,校准,使适应 To attune to; to set at; to pitch."The conductor was keying the orchestra to the correct starting pitch before the concert began. "音乐会开始前,指挥正在把乐队的音调校准到正确的起始音高。soundmusiccommunicationtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share楔紧,固定。 To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges."The carpenter was keying the mortise and tenon joint of the table leg, ensuring it wouldn't come loose. "木匠正在用楔子楔紧桌腿的榫卯结构,确保它不会松动。technicalmachineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share框架,定调。 In the sociology of Erving Goffman, an action or utterance that signals the meaning of interaction to participants."The teacher's raised eyebrow was the keying that the student's answer was incorrect, even before she said a word. "老师挑起的眉毛就相当于一个框架提示,暗示着学生的答案是错的,甚至在她开口说话之前。theorycommunicationphilosophymindlinguisticssocietyhumanactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share录入,键盘输入 The input of text or data by means of a keyboard."The keying of student names into the database is Maria's main task this afternoon. "今天下午,玛丽亚的主要任务是将学生姓名录入数据库。computingtechnologycommunicationmachinewritingelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share划车,刮车。 A form of vandalism performed by scratching paint with a key"The keying on her car left a long, ugly scratch down the side. "她的车被划车了,侧面留下了一道又长又难看的划痕。propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading