ciphers
英文音标
英式：[ˈsaɪfəz]
美式：[ˈsaɪfər]
英文翻译
n.密码；阿拉伯数字；零；暗号
v.计算；做算术；将 ... 写成密码
英文例句
用作名词 (n.)
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。
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。
Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves more with less energy and time. 年龄只是个阿拉伯数字。一个人不能让他的经验退休。他必须用它。依靠经验，可以用较少的精力和时间获得更多。
用作动词 (v.)I couldn't cipher out why she was there. 我搞不清她为什么会在那儿。
He went to school at the age of forty, and learned to read, to write, to cipher. 他四十岁进学校，学习了读，写，算。
相关知识
deciphers
vt.译解；辨认