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1 keyed up
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2 high-keyed
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3 low-keyed
adj. \/ˌləʊˈkiːd\/se ➢ low-key -
4 key
ki: 1. noun1) (an instrument or tool by which something (eg a lock or a nut) is turned: Have you the key for this door?) nøkkel2) (in musical instruments, one of the small parts pressed to sound the notes: piano keys.) tangent3) (in a typewriter, calculator etc, one of the parts which one presses to cause a letter etc to be printed, displayed etc.) tast, tangent4) (the scale in which a piece of music is set: What key are you singing in?; the key of F.) toneart5) (something that explains a mystery or gives an answer to a mystery, a code etc: the key to the whole problem.) nøkkel, fasit, kode6) (in a map etc, a table explaining the symbols etc used in it.) tegnforklaring, nøkkel2. adjective(most important: key industries; He is a key man in the firm.) nøkkel-, hoved-- keyboard- keyhole
- keyhole surgery
- keynote
- keyed upkilo--------nøkkel--------tastIsubst. \/kiː\/1) ( også overført) nøkkel• the key of\/to the doornøkkelen som passer til \/ hører til døren2) nøkkel, fasit, fasitbok, løsning, forklaring, tegnforklaring3) forklaring: bokstavelig oversettelse av en tekst4) forklaring: et sted som ved sin posisjon gir kontroll over et område5) ( teknikk) tapp, pinne, kile, splint, låsekil6) ( på tangentinstrument) tangent7) ( på blåseinstrument) klaff, ventil8) (på PC, skrivemaskin e.l.) tast9) ( elektronikk) nøkkel (f.eks. på telegraf)12) ( malerkunst) farge, tone19) (zoologi, botanikk) nøkkelall in the same key monotont, uttrykksløstget the key of the street bli kastet på gatengolden\/silver key bestikkelsehave the key of the street være hjemløsrelative keys ( musikk) parallelltonearterspeak in a high key snakke med høy stemme, snakke med lys stemmeIIsubst. \/kiː\/rev, lav øy, lav koralløyIIIverb \/kiː\/1) ( musikk) stemme2) utstyre med nøkkel3) stille, stille inn4) feste med splint, feste med kile5) ( murerfag) forklaring: å feste sluttstein til en bue6) ( malerkunst) forklaring: å male i en spesiell valør eller å endre fargetone i et malerikey in (f.eks. på PC) taste inn, skrive innIVadj. \/kiː\/nøkkel-, grunn-, viktigst, essensiell, av avgjørende betydning, sentralkey figure nøkkeltallkey man nøkkelpersonkey industry nøkkelindustri -
5 low-key
adj. \/ˌləʊˈkiː\/, foranstilt: \/ˈləʊkiː\/ eller low-keyed1) ( også overført) lavmælt, dempet2) tilbakeholden, behersket, stillferdig3) enkel
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