decipher英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A decipherment; a decoding.

— I enclose a letter which I received yesterday evening from the Marques de Monsalud, containing the decipher of a letter from the King to the Comte d'Erlon. I wish that the Marques had sent the ciphered letter here […]

动词 v.

To convert a code or cipher to plain text. transitive
To read text that is almost illegible or obscure. transitive
To make sense of a complex situation. transitive

— Truly, we need human infirmity to teach us human nature, and that to Louis had been as a sealed book; he had only seen the coloured and gilded outside: too late he had to decipher the rough and gloomy page within.
To find a solution to a problem. transitive

词形变化

deciphers present,singular,third-person deciphering participle,present deciphered participle,past deciphered past decypher alternative deciphers plural decypher alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

decipherability decipherable decipheration decipherer decipheress decipherment indecipherability indecipherable misdecipher redecipher undecipher undecipherable undeciphered

词源

词源 1

As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cipher.

词源 2

As decypher, but not retaining the y from the Old French etyma of cipher (cyfre, cyffre); the i spelling tends to be preferred etymologically, being consistent with its cognates, the French déchiffrer and the Italian decifrare, and with their common ancestor, the Medieval Latin cifra, cifera, ciphra. By surface analysis, de- + cipher.