n.密碼；阿拉伯數(shù)字；零；暗號

v.計算；做算術；將 ... 寫成密碼

The army uses a special cipher so that military messages are kept secret. 軍隊使用一種特殊密碼,軍事電訊因此得以保密。

The cipher took me three weeks before I hit it. 我費了3個多星期才把這密碼解釋出來。

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. 年齡只是個阿拉伯數(shù)字。一個人不能讓他的經(jīng)驗退休。他必須用它。依靠經(jīng)驗，可以用較少的精力和時間獲得更多。

I couldn't cipher out why she was there. 我搞不清她為什么會在那兒。

He went to school at the age of forty, and learned to read, to write, to cipher. 他四十歲進學校，學習了讀，寫，算。

vt.譯解；辨認