单词 | ciphered |
释义 | cipher1 of 2noun ci·pher ˈsī-fər often attributive 1 a : zero sense 1a b : one that has no weight, worth, or influence : nonentity It was an odd fact that the financier, a cipher in his own home, could impress all sorts of people at the office. P. G. Wodehouse Why did the family, I wondered, act as if Rita hardly existed? Was she that much of a cipher? Andrew M. Greeley 2 a : a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning secret communications written in cipher compare code sense 3b b : a message in code The cipher cannot be decoded without the key. 3 : arabic numeral 4 : a combination of symbolic letters especially : the interwoven initials of a name coins that bore the cipher of the sultan cipher 2 of 2verb ciphered; ciphering ˈsī-f(ə-)riŋ intransitive verb : to use figures in a mathematical process all children should learn to read, write, and cipher M. Pattison transitive verb 1 : encipher ciphered the letters that passed between the two heads of state 2 : to compute arithmetically ciphered out the sum in his head ciphered verbas in calculated to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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