cipher

名词 cipher:

1. a message written in a secret code
   同义词：cypher
2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
   同义词：zero, 0, nought, cypher
3. a quantity of no importance
   同义词：nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
4. a person of no influence
   同义词：cypher, nobody, nonentity
5. a secret method of writing
   同义词：cypher, cryptograph, secret code

动词 cipher:

1. convert ordinary language into code
   同义词：encode, code, encipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
2. make a mathematical calculation or computation
   同义词：calculate, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure

1. I couldn't cipher out why she was there.
   我搞不清她为什么会在那儿。
2. At last they managed to puzzle out the meaning of the cipher.
   最后他们终于弄清楚这符号是什么意思。
3. The army uses a special cipher so that military messages are kept secret.
   ＂军队使用一种特殊密码，军事电讯因此得以保密。＂
4. The cipher took me three weeks before I hit it.
   我费了3个多星期才把这密码解释出来。

cipher 也作 cy.pher

n.（名词）
The mathematical symbol (0) denoting absence of quantity; zero.
零号：代表不存在数量的数学符号(0)；零
An Arabic numeral or figure; a number.
阿拉伯数字；数
The Arabic system of numerical notation.
数字观念：数字标志法的阿拉伯体系
One having no influence or value; a nonentity.
无影响或无价值的东西；不重要的东西

A cryptographic system in which units of plain text of regular length, usually letters, are arbitrarily transposed or substituted according to a predetermined code.
密码：一种密码系统，其中固定长度的明文里的单元，通常为字母，被任意倒置或按事先确定的符号系统替换
The key to such a system.
密码的解读：这种系统的解释
A message written or transmitted in such a system.
用此系统写的或传送的消息
A design combining or interweaving letters or initials; a monogram.
组合文字：字母或开头字母合并或交织成的图案；拼合文字
v.（动词）
ci.phered,ci.pher.ing,ci.phers
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To solve problems in arithmetic; calculate.See Synonyms at calculate
计算：用算术解决问题；计算参见 calculate
v.tr.（及物动词）
To put in secret writing; encode.
将…写成密码；使成密码
To solve by means of arithmetic.
计算：用算术方法解决

来源：
Middle English cifre
中古英语 cifre
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin cifra
源自 中世纪拉丁语 cifra
from Arabic ìifr
源自 阿拉伯语 ìifr
from ìafira [to be empty] translation of Sanskrit ôônyam [cipher, dot]
源自 ìafira [空] 梵文 ôônyam的翻译 [零，小圆点]