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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   cipher

   • IPA[ˈsīfər]

   美式

   • n.
     a secret or disguised way of writing; a code；a thing written in a cipher
   • v.
     put (a message) into secret writing; encode；do arithmetic.

   • verb: cipher, 3rd person present: ciphers, gerund or present participle: ciphering, past tense: ciphered, past participle: ciphered

   • noun: cipher, plural noun: ciphers

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a secret or disguised way of writing; a code he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher the information may be given in cipher 同義詞 code, secret writing, coded message, cryptograph, cryptogram
   • ▪ a thing written in a cipher he came across ciphers written on parchment and concealed in a hollow altar pillar 同義詞 code, secret writing, coded message, cryptograph, cryptogram
   • ▪ a key to such a cipher.
   • 2. dated a zero; a figure 0. 同義詞 zero, nought, nil, 0, archaicnaught
   • ▪ a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own journalists are not mere interchangeable ciphers in the propaganda battle 同義詞 nobody, nonentity, nothing, nonperson, unimportant person, ... 更多person of no account反義詞 celebrity
   • 3. a monogram a pair of rock crystal goblets engraved with the cipher of Peter the Great 同義詞 numeral, number, integer, figure, digit, ... 更多character, symbol, sign

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. put (a message) into secret writing; encode he left two, as yet uncracked, ciphered messages for posthumous decoding
   • 2. archaic do arithmetic.