1for a door門ADJECTIVE | ... OF KEYS | VERB + KEY | KEY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤master, skeleton萬能鑰匙▸➤duplicate, spare配的鑰匙;備用鑰匙▸➤apartment, car, door, house, ignition, room, etc.公寓鑰匙、車鑰匙、門鑰匙、房屋鑰匙、點火開關鑰匙、房間鑰匙等◇She hides a front door key in a flowerpot.她在花盆裏藏了一把前門鑰匙。... OF KEYS➤bunch, ring, set一串/一圈/一套鑰匙◇a large bunch of keys一大串鑰匙◇He fished a ring of keys out of his pocket.他從口袋裏摸出了一串鑰匙。◇a set of car keys一套汽車鑰匙VERB + KEY➤turn轉動鑰匙◇She turned the key in the lock.她轉動鎖孔中的鑰匙。➤insert, put in, slide into插入鑰匙◇I slid the key into the lock and went in.我把鑰匙插入鎖孔,打開門進去了。➤remove, take out拔出鑰匙▸➤use用鑰匙◇She must have used a key to get in.她一定是用鑰匙進來的。➤leave留下鑰匙◇She left a key with the neighbours / neighbors.她留了一把鑰匙在鄰居那裏。➤lock in把鑰匙鎖在裏面◇I'd accidentally locked the keys in my car.我意外地把鑰匙鎖在了車裏。KEY + VERB➤open, unlock用鑰匙打開/開鎖◇You need a key to open the garage.打開車庫要用鑰匙。➤lock用鑰匙鎖上▸➤turn鑰匙轉動◇They heard a key turn in the lock.他們聽到鑰匙在鎖孔中轉動的聲音。➤jangle, jingle鑰匙叮噹作響◇The sound of keys jangling caught her attention.鑰匙叮噹作響的聲音引起了她的注意。PREPOSITION➤with a/the key用鑰匙◇You have to close it with the key.得用鑰匙才能關上。➤key for開⋯的鑰匙◇Robbie didn't have a key for these doors.羅比沒有開這些門的鑰匙。➤key to⋯的鑰匙◇the key to the front door前門鑰匙PHRASES➤get a key cut (BrE) 配鑰匙◇I'll get another key cut so that you can have one.我再去配把鑰匙,這樣你就可以有一把了。key
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2on a computer計算機ADJECTIVE | ... OF KEYS | VERB + KEYADJECTIVE➤Alt, arrow, backspace, control, delete, enter, escape, function, return, shift, etc.替換鍵、箭頭鍵、退格鍵、控制鍵、刪除鍵、回車鍵、退出鍵、功能鍵、返回鍵、轉換鍵等▸➤hot (= a key that you can press to perform a set of operations quickly) , short-cut熱鍵;快捷鍵◇F1 is the short-cut key for calling up help.F1 是查看幫助信息的快捷鍵。... OF KEYS➤row一排鍵◇the top row of keys最上面的那排鍵VERB + KEY➤hit, hold down, press, punch, tap按鍵;按住鍵;輕敲鍵◇Hold down the Alt key while pressing the arrow keys.按箭頭鍵的同時按住替換鍵。➤release鬆開鍵➡ topic at computerkey
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3decisive factor關鍵VERB + KEY | PREPOSITIONVERB + KEY➤have, hold是關鍵;起關鍵作用◇First-time voters could hold the key to the election result.第一次投票的人可能會對選舉結果起關鍵作用。PREPOSITION➤key to⋯的關鍵◇Language is the key to understanding those around you.語言是理解周圍人的關鍵。key
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4in music音樂ADJECTIVE | VERB + KEY | KEY + VERB | KEY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤major, minor大調;小調▸➤high, low高調;低調VERB + KEY➤change變調◇The piece changes key in the middle.這首曲子中間有一次變調。KEY + VERB➤change音調變換◇The key changes from C major to A minor.音調從 C 大調變為 A 小調。KEY + NOUN➤change音調變化➤signature調號PREPOSITION➤in a/the key以⋯調◇What key is it in?這個用什麼調?◇Can we try it in a lower key?我們能用低一點兒的調試試嗎?➤key of⋯調子◇the key of G majorG 大調的調子PHRASES➤a change of key變調key