English → Chinese
key1
/BrE kiː 
, AmE ki /
A noun
1 (for lock, door, car, clock, toy) 钥匙;
a front-door key, a key to the front door 前门钥匙;
a spare key 备用钥匙;
to put a key into a lock/the ignition 把钥匙插进锁眼／点火器;
to turn a key in a lock/door 转动钥匙开锁／门;
to have a duplicate key cut 配一把钥匙
2 (for radiator) 销子
3 figurative (crucial point) 关键;
the key to success/happiness 成功／幸福的关键;
to hold the key to the mystery 掌握解开这个谜团的关键
4 (on map) 图例
5 (to abbreviations) 略语表
6 (for code) 密码本
7 (set of answers) 答案;
a key to the exercises 练习答案
8 Music 调;
the key of D major/minor D大调／小调;
a piece of music in the key of E flat 一首降E调乐曲;
to change key 变调;
to sing in/off key 唱歌搭调／走调
9 (on musical instrument, computer, phone, etc.) 键;
the white keys (on piano) 白色琴键;
to press or strike or hit a key 按键
10 figurative (general tone) 基调;
to be all in the same key 千篇一律
B adjective
关键的 ‹figure, role, issue›
C transitive verb
1 (input) 键入 ‹text, data›
2 (roughen) 将…弄毛糙 ‹wall, surface›
Phrasal verb
● key in
transitive verb
[key sth in, key in sth] 键入 ‹text, data›