- [uncountable, countable]
a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others 密码;暗号 a message in cypher 密码里的信息
- [countable] (formal, disapproving)
a person or thing of no importance 无足轻重的人;无关紧要的东西 To her employers she was a mere cypher, with no human feelings at all. 对她的雇主来说,她只是一个密码,毫无人情味。
- (British English)
the first letters of somebody’s name combined in a design and used to mark things (姓名首字母的)拼合字,花押 The glasses were engraved with the Queen's cypher. 眼镜上刻有女王的密码。