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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Letters & punctuation
K1, k /keɪ/ noun (plural K’s, k’s) [countable, uncountable]  SLAthe 11th letter of the alphabet 英语字母表的第十一个字母
Examples from the Corpus
KThe drumbeat of articles about Secretary of State Madeleine K.Hopefully, it caught the attention of incoming Secretary of State Madeleine K.Earlier this month, he sent a lengthy letter to Susan K.Measuring the infant, administering vitamin K and eye ointment, and bathing the infant must be saved for later. 6.
Related topics: Computers
K2 /keɪ/  1 (also k) informalMONEY an abbreviation of one thousand / thousand 的缩写,一千 a salary of £30k a year 年薪三万英镑2. TDan abbreviation of kilobyte or kilobytes / kilobyte kilobytes 的缩写,千字节3 (also k) a written abbreviation of kilometre or kilometres / kilometre kilometres 的书面缩写,千米,公里 a 20k international race walker 20公里国际竞走比赛运动员4. the abbreviation of Kelvin or Kelvins Kelvin Kelvins 的缩写,开〔开尔文温标的计量单位〕
From Longman Business DictionaryKK1written abbreviation for ONE THOUSANDa salary of 59K a year2COMPUTING written abbreviation for KILOBYTE(S)
K1 nounK2Chinese
the 11th Corpus letter Business of the alphabet


K
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K1 , k /keɪ/ noun (plural K’s, k’s) [uncountable and countable]
the 11th letter of the alphabet

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K2 /keɪ/
1. (also k) informal an abbreviation of one thousand:
    a salary of £30k a year
2. an abbreviation of kilobyte or kilobytes
3. (also k) a written abbreviation of kilometre or kilometres:
    a 20k international race walker
4. the abbreviation of Kelvin or Kelvins


KBrE /keɪ/ 🔊NAmE /keɪ/ 🔊 noun (also k) [countable, uncountable] (
plural
Ks
, K's, k's BrE /keɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /keɪz/ 🔊
)
the 11th letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第 11 个字母'King' begins with (a) K/'K'.king 一词以字母 k 开头。
KBrE /keɪ/ 🔊NAmE /keɪ/ 🔊 abbreviation (
plural
K
)
(informal) one thousand 一千She earns 40K (= £40 000) a year. 她一年挣 4 万英镑。🔊🔊kilometre(s) 千米;公里a 10K race万米赛跑(computing 计算机) kilobyte(s) 千字节 kelvin 开(温度单位)
KBrE /keɪ/ 🔊NAmE /keɪ/ 🔊 symbolthe symbol for the chemical element potassium (化学元素)钾