English-Thai Dictionary

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ADJ สำคัญ  นัย  มีนัย  มีความหมาย  หลัก  major crucial significant sam-kan

 

key

N กุญแจ  ประแจ  ลูกกุญแจ  kun-jea

 

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N คำเฉลย  คำ ไข ของ ปัญหา  คำ ไข  คีย์  solution answer kan-cha-loi

 

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N ระดับเสียง  ระดับเสียง ของ โน้ตดนตรี  music scale ra-dub-siang

 

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VT ปรับ  แก้ไข  adapt prab

 

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VT ใส่กุญแจ  sai-kun-jea

 

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VT ใส่ ข้อมูล  พิมพ์ ข้อมูล เข้าเครื่อง โดย ใช้ แป้นพิมพ์  type sai-kor-mun

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KEY

n.ke. In a general sense, a fastener; that which fastens; as a piece of wood in the frame of a building, or in a chain, etc. 1. An instrument for shutting or opening a lock, by pushing the bolt one way or the other. Keys are of various forms, and fitted to the wards of the locks to which they belong.
2. An instrument by which something is screwed or turned; as the key of a watch or other chronometer.
3. The stone which binds an arch. [See Key-stone.]
4. In an organ or harpsichord, the key, or finger key is a little lever or piece in the fore part by which the instrument is played on by the fingers.
5. In music, the key, or key note, is the fundamental note or tone, to which the whole piece is accommodated, and with which it usually begins and always ends. There are two keys, one of the major, and one of the minor mode. Key sometimes signifies a scale or system of intervals.
6. An index, or that which serves to explain a cypher. Hence,
7. That which serves to explain any thing difficult to be understood.
8. In the Romish church, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or the power of the pope, or the power of excommunicating or absolving.
9. A ledge or lay of ricks near the surface of the water.
1 . The husk containing the seed of an ash.

 

KEY

n.A bank or wharf built on the side of a river or harbor, for the convenience of loading and unloading ships, and securing them in their stations. Hence keys are furnished with posts, rings, cranes, capstans, etc. It is sometimes written quay.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KEY

Key, n. Etym: [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c

 

1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.

 

2. An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.

 

3. That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter.

 

4. A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc. ; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem. Those who are accustomed to reason have got the true key of books. Locke. Who keeps the keys of all the creeds. Tennyson.

 

5. That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position.

 

6. (Arch. ) (a ) A piece of wood used as a wedge. (b ) The last board of a floor when laid down.

 

7. (Masonry ) (a ) A keystone. (b ) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

 

8. (Mach. ) (a ) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock. See Illusts. of Cotter, and Gib. (b ) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc. ,upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc.

 

9. (Bot. )

 

Defn: An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit.

 

1 . (Mus. ) (a ) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic ) or one (or eight ), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four, " "flat seven, " etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key. (b ) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote. Both warbling of one song, both in one key. Shak.

 

11. Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance. You fall at once into a lower key. Cowper. Key bed. Same as Key seat. -- Key bolt, a bolt which has a mortise near the end, and is secured by a cotter or wedge instead of a nut. Key bugle. See Kent bugle. -- Key of a position or country. (Mil. ) See Key, 4. -- Key seat (Mach. ), a bed or groove to receive a key which prevents one part from turning on the other. -- Key way, a channel for a key, in the hole of a piece which is keyed to a shaft; an internal key seat; -- called also key seat. -- Key wrench (Mach. ), an adjustable wrench in which the movable jaw is made fast by a key. -- Power of the keys (Eccl.), the authority claimed by the ministry in some Christian churches to administer the discipline of the church, and to grant or withhold its privileges; -- so called from the declaration of Christ, "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. " Matt. xvi. 19.

 

KEY

Key, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keved; p. pr. & vb. n. Keying.]

 

Defn: To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. Francis. To key up. (a ) (Arch. ) To raise (the whole ring of an arch ) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly. (b ) (Mus. ) To raise the pitch of. (c ) Hence, fig. , to produce nervous tension in.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

key

key 1 |kē ki | ▶noun ( pl. keys ) 1 a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, and that is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it. • a similar implement for operating a switch in the form of a lock, esp. one operating the ignition of a motor vehicle. • short for key card. • an instrument for grasping and turning a screw, peg, or nut, esp. one for winding a clock or turning a valve. • a pin, bolt, or wedge inserted between other pieces, or fitting into a hole or space designed for it, so as to lock parts together. 2 each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone. • a lever depressed by the finger in playing an instrument such as the organ, piano, flute, or concertina. • a lever operating a mechanical device for making or breaking an electric circuit, for example, in telegraphy. 3 a thing that provides a means of gaining access to or understanding something: the key to Jack's behavior may lie submerged in his unhappy past. • an explanatory list of symbols used in a map, table, etc. • a set of answers to exercises or problems. • a word or system for solving a cipher or code. • the first move in the solution of a chess problem. • Computing a field in a record that is used to identify that record uniquely. 4 Music a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece or passage of music: the key of E minor. • the tone or pitch of someone's voice: his voice had changed to a lower key. • the prevailing tone or tenor of a piece of writing, situation, etc.: it was like the sixties all over again, in a new, more austerely intellectual key. • the prevailing range of tones or intensities in a painting: these mauves, lime greens, and saffron yellows recall the high key of El Greco's palette. 5 the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore maple, typically growing in bunches; a samara. 6 Brit. the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest. • [ in sing. ] the roughness of a surface, helping the adhesion of plaster or other material. 7 Basketball the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket, comprising the free-throw circle and the foul line. ▶adjective of paramount or crucial importance: she became a key figure in the suffragette movement. ▶verb ( keys, keying, keyed |kēd | ) [ with obj. ] 1 enter or operate on (data ) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad: she keyed in a series of commands | [ no obj. ] : a hacker caused considerable disruption after keying into a vital database. 2 (usu. be keyed ) fasten (something ) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt: the coils may be keyed into the slots by fiber wedges. 3 Brit. roughen (a surface ) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material. 4 word (an advertisement in a particular periodical ), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses. 5 informal be the crucial factor in achieving: Ewing keyed a 73 –35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds. 6 vandalize a car by scraping the paint from it with a key: somebody could key your car and not get punished. PHRASES in (or out of ) key in (or out of ) harmony: this vaguely uplifting conclusion is out of key with the body of his book. under lock and key see lock 1. PHRASAL VERBS key someone /something into (or in with ) cause someone or something to be in harmony with: to those who are keyed into his lunatic sense of humor, the arrival of any Bergman movie is a major comic event. key something to make something fit in with or be linked to: this optimism is keyed to the possibility that the US might lead in the research field. be keyed up be nervous, tense, or excited, esp. before an important event. DERIVATIVES keyed adjective, key er noun, key less adjective ORIGIN Old English cǣg, cǣge, of unknown origin.

 

key

key 2 |ki kē | ▶noun a low-lying island or reef, esp. in the Caribbean. Compare with cay. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Spanish cayo ‘shoal, reef, ’ influenced by quay .

 

Oxford Dictionary

key

key 1 |kiː | ▶noun ( pl. keys ) 1 a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it. • a shaped metal implement for operating a switch in the form of a lock, especially one operating the ignition of a motor vehicle. • an instrument for grasping and turning a screw, peg, or nut, especially one for winding a clock or turning a valve. • a pin, bolt, or wedge inserted into a hole or between parts so as to lock the parts together. 2 each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone. • a lever depressed by the finger in playing an instrument such as the organ, piano, flute, or concertina. • a lever operating a mechanical device for making or breaking an electric circuit, for example in telegraphy. 3 a thing that provides a means of achieving or understanding something: discipline seems to be the key to her success. • an explanatory list of symbols used in a map, table, etc. • a set of answers to exercises or problems. • a word or system for solving a cipher or code. • the first move in the solution of a chess problem. • Computing a field in a record which is used to identify that record uniquely. 4 Music a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece of music: the key of E minor. • the tone or pitch of someone's voice: his voice had changed to a lower key. • the prevailing tone of a piece of writing, situation, etc.: it was like the sixties all over again, in a new, more austerely intellectual key. • the prevailing range of tones in a painting: these mauves, lime greens, and saffron yellows recall the high key of El Greco's palette. 5 the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore, typically growing in bunches; a samara. 6 the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest. • the roughness of a surface, helping the adhesion of plaster or other material. 7 Basketball the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket. ▶adjective of crucial importance: she became a key figure in the suffragette movement. ▶verb ( keys, keying, keyed ) [ with obj. ] 1 enter or operate on (data ) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad: she keyed in a series of commands | [ no obj. ] : a hacker caused disruption after keying into a vital database. 2 [ with obj. and adverbial ] fasten (something ) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt: the coils may be keyed into the slots by fibre wedges. 3 roughen (a surface ) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material. 4 word (an advertisement in a periodical ), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses. 5 informal vandalize (a car ) by scraping its paint with a key. 6 N. Amer. informal be the crucial factor in achieving: Ewing keyed a 73 –35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds. PHRASES in (or out of ) key in (or out of ) harmony: this uplifting conclusion is out of key with the body of his book. PHRASAL VERBS key someone /thing into (or in with ) cause someone or something to be in harmony with: to those who are keyed into his lunatic sense of humour, the arrival of any Bergman movie is a major comic event. key something to chiefly N. Amer. link something to: courses keyed to the needs of health professionals. be keyed up be nervous, tense, or excited, especially before an important event: he was keyed up at the thought of seeing Rosemary. DERIVATIVES keyed adjective, keyer noun, keyless adjective ORIGIN Old English cǣg, cǣge, of unknown origin.

 

key

key 2 |kiː | ▶noun a low-lying island or reef, especially in the Caribbean. Compare with cay. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Spanish cayo ‘shoal, reef ’, influenced by quay .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

key

key noun 1 I put my key in the lock: door key, latchkey, pass key, master key. 2 the key to the mystery | the key to success: answer, clue, solution, explanation; basis, foundation, requisite, precondition, means, way, route, path, passport, secret, formula. ▶adjective a key figure: crucial, central, essential, indispensable, pivotal, critical, dominant, vital, principal, prime, primary, chief, major, leading, main, important, significant. ANTONYMS peripheral.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

key

key noun 1 the key to the mystery lay elsewhere | customer satisfaction is the key to success: answer, clue, solution, explanation, pointer, cue, lead; basis of, foundation for, requisite for; condition, precondition, essential, means, way, route, path, passport, secret, formula; guide, gloss, glossary, interpretation, explication, translation, clarification, exposition, annotation, index, legend, code. 2 Music a song in a minor key: tone, pitch, timbre, tonality, tone colour, modulation. 3 it was like the sixties all over again, in a more austerely intellectual key: style, character, mood, vein, spirit, feel, feeling, flavour, quality, humour, atmosphere. ▶adjective he was a key figure in formulating policy: crucial, central, essential, indispensable, basic, fundamental, pivotal, critical, decisive, dominant, vital, principal, salient, prime, chief, major, leading, main, important, significant. ANTONYMS secondary, peripheral.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

key

key 1 /kiː / (! quayと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 かぎ , キー ; (車の )エンジンキー (ignition key )(→lock 1 )▸ a front-door key 玄関のかぎ ▸ the spare key to [｟まれ ｠for ] the house 家の予備のかぎ ▸ I inserted [put ] the key in the lock and turned it .私はかぎを錠に差して回した ▸ a special key for opening the safe 金庫用の特別なかぎ ▸ have a duplicate key cut [made ]合いかぎを作ってもらう .2 〖通例the ～〗 «…の » (理解 成功 解決へつながる )かぎ , 手がかり «to » (!toの後は 名詞 動名 ) ▸ The key to success is information .成功への秘訣 （ひけつ ）は情報にある ▸ This research holds the key to finding [╳find ] a cure for cancer .この研究は癌 （がん ）の治療法を発見するかぎを握っている ▸ The key is, will his supporters really stand behind him? ｟主に米 ｠かぎは彼の支持者たちが本当に彼を支援するかだ ▸ The key is to stay [｟比較的まれ ｠staying ] calm .大事なのは平静でいることだ 3 (コンピュータなどの )キー ; (電信発信用の )電鍵 （でんけん ）, キー ; 〖通例 ～s 〗(鍵盤楽器 管楽器の )鍵 ▸ I pressed [╳pushed ] the return key .リターンキーを押した .4 a. 〖形容詞的に 〗重要な , 主要な ▸ a number of key issues 多くの重要な問題 ▸ key points [players ]主要点 [選手 ]b. «…へ通じる » 重要な地点, 要所 ; « …にとって » 重要な人 [物 ] «to » .5 〘楽 〙調, キー ▸ a concerto in the key of C major ハ長調のコンチェルト 6 (試験 )問題解答集 ; « …の » 解答 (書 ), 解説 «to » ▸ check one's answers in the key 解答を見て答えを確認する 7 (地図 図面などの )凡例 .8 a. (時計などのぜんまいを巻く )かぎ ; スパナ ; 割りピン, くさび ; (アーチの )かなめ石 .b. 〘植 〙(カエデなどの )翼果 .9 (声の )調子 ; (思想 感情 行動などの )基調, スタイル .g ì ve [h à nd ] A the k é ys to the c ì ty A 〈人 〉を名誉市民にする .in [out of ] k é y «…と » 調和して [不調和で ] «with » .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 1 【コンピュータなどに 】〈情報 文字など 〉を打ち込む (in ) «into » ▸ key the word into the computer その単語をコンピュータに打ち込む .2 ｟主に米 ｠〖通例be ～ed 〗〈調子 言動 水準などが 〉【状況などに 】合わせてある «to » ▸ The house prices are keyed to middle-income families .住宅の価格は中所得者層に合わせてある .3 «…に » 〈楽器 〉を調律する ; « …に » 〈テレビなど 〉が合うように調整する «to » .4 (かぎを挿し込んで )〈ドアなど 〉を締める .5 …に解答 [記号解説 ]を付ける .6 ｟主に英 ｠(しっくいやペンキののりをよくするため )〈壁などの表面 〉を手入れする, 粗くする .7 〘建 〙〈アーチ 〉にかなめ石を入れて補強する .k è y í nto A 1 A 〈コンピュータ 情報など 〉を利用する, 使う .2 〈物 事が 〉Aとうまく合う .k è y A ú p [ú p A ]｟話 ｠〖通例 be ～ed 〗(重大な出来事の前に )A 〈人 〉が興奮する, 緊張する ▸ The players were really keyed up about the game .選手たちは試合のことで [を前に ]すごく緊張していた .～́ c à rd キーカード 〘電子ロックを開けるためのカード 〙.～́ m ò ney 1 (借家人が払う )権利金 .2 そでの下 .～̀ p é rson キーパーソン, かぎを握る人物 .～́ p ù nch ｟米 ｠〘コンピュ 〙キーパンチ (｟英 ｠card punch ).～́ r ì ng キーホルダー, かぎ輪 .～́ s ì gnature 〘楽 〙(シャープ フラットで示す )調号 .～̀ st á tion キー局 〘放送網の中心局 〙.～́ w ò rd キーワード ; (索引などの )主要語 〘文脈 暗号を読み解く上でかぎとなる語 〙 (!keywordとも書く ) .

 

key

key 2 名詞 複 ～s C キー 〘米国Florida沖 西インド諸島などの平坦な小島 サンゴ礁 〙.K -̀ W é st キーウェスト 〘米国the Florida Keys最西端の島にある米国最南端の都市 〙.