code
n
1 [C, U] (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞)
(a) (system of) words, letters, symbols, etc that represent others, used for secret messages or for presenting or recording information briefly 密碼; 暗號; 代碼; 代號; 電碼: a letter in code 密碼信
break/crack (ie decipher) a code 解譯[破譯]密碼
a `post-code/`postal code.
(b) (system of) pre-arranged signals used to send messages by machine 用機器傳送的信號(的系統): ,Morse `code.
2 [C] set of instructions for programming a computer 編碼(計算機編制程序的成套指令).
3 [C]
(a) set of laws or rules arranged in a system (系統編排的)法律, 規章, 章程, 法典: the penal `code 刑法
the highway `code 公路法規.
(b) set of moral principles accepted by society or a group of people 道德準則
a code of be`haviour/`honour 行為[社交禮儀]準則
a code of `practice, ie a set of professional standards agreed on by members of a particular profession 行業規則. code, v [Tn]
put or write (sth) in code 將(某事物)編成或寫成密碼、 代碼或電碼等
coded messages 用密碼編寫的信息.