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card-key

/kahrd-kee/US // ˈkɑrdˌki //

钥匙

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural card-keys.

    • : a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.

Examples

  • Getting men to do their share of care and domestic work is a key overlooked strategy in reducing poverty.

  • That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.

  • By contrast, Solomon can tell us a great deal about what really changed the country—because at key moments, he was there.

  • The second lesson is that no one writing before the twentieth century holds a key to our problems.

  • As with so many things, keeping screen time in moderate amounts seems key.

  • Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.

  • Mr. Collingwood, taking the key from his mother, locked the little door in the boarding, after them.

  • The card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.

  • About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.

  • In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.