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skeleton key

镂空钥匙,骨架钥匙,骷髅钥匙,镂空的钥匙

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a key with nearly the whole substance of the bit filed away so that it may open various locks.

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Examples

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

  • 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.

  • The opposition responded with a month-long Occupy Abay (like Occupy Wall St) campaign, in which Udaltsov was one of key figures.

  • 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.

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

  • The girl smiled, and drew out a large key, and nodded, still smiling as she replaced it.

  • The friends were standing close to the wall; but on these sounds they moved away; and a key presently turned in the door.