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ciphering

/sahy-fer/US // ˈsaɪ fər //UK // (ˈsaɪfə) //

破译,破解,编码,破译工作

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : zero.
    • : any of the Arabic numerals or figures.
    • : Arabic numerical notation collectively.
    • : something of no value or importance.
    • : a person of no influence; nonentity.
    • : a secret method of writing, as by transposition or substitution of letters, specially formed symbols, or the like.Compare cryptography.
    • : writing done by such a method; a coded message.
    • : the key to a secret method of writing.
    • : a combination of letters, as the initials of a name, in one design; monogram.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to use figures or numerals arithmetically.
    • : to write in or as in cipher.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to calculate numerically; figure.
    • : to convert into cipher.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He told me of reading, of writing, and of ciphering, and taught me many facts of our world which are known to the learned.

  • His acquirements were already far beyond the simple elements of reading, writing, and ciphering.

  • I had the Unabridged, and I was ciphering around in the back end, hoping I might tree her among the pictures.

  • He could read and write, it is true, but it was the ciphering under which he broke down, as a surveyor.

  • I had the Unabridged; and I was ciphering around in the back end, hoping I might tree her among the pictures.