定義 / Definition
[noun]
・a device that is used to open a lock or start an automobile ◊The usual type of key is a small metal object that you insert into a narrow opening and turn.
・each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone.
・a thing that provides a means of achieving or understanding something.
・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 dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore, typically growing in bunches; a samara.
・the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest.
[adjective]
・of crucial importance.
[verb]
・enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.
・fasten (something) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt.
・roughen (a surface) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material.
・word (an advertisement in a periodical), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses.
・vandalize (a car) by scraping its paint with a key. INFORMAL
・be the crucial factor in achieving. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
— その他 例文 —
a duplicate key
合い鍵
Where did I put my keys?
私は私のかぎをどこにおいたでしょうか？
Why did you take her keys?
なぜあなたは彼女のかぎを持って行ったのですか？
I don’t know what you did with the keys.
私はあなたがそのカギで何をしたのかわかりません。
I found what I believe are your keys.
私は私が信じるものはあなたのかぎだとわかりました。
It was Emily who found the keys.
かぎを見つけたのはエミリーでした。
I don’t know where I put my house keys last night.
昨晩どこに家のかぎをおいたか私にはわかりません。
I wish I could find my keys!
私がかぎを見つけられるといいのになあ。
She keeps the key in a flower pot by the door.
彼女はドアの側の花瓶の中にキーを入れています。
