keyboard
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ldoce_182_bkey·board1 /ˈkiːbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
1 APMa board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine 〔计算机等的〕键盘 a computer keyboard 计算机键盘 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里2. the row of keys on some musical instruments that you press in order to play them 〔乐器的〕键盘3 (also keyboards) [plural]APM an electronic musical instrument similar to a piano that can make sounds like many different instruments 电子琴 → synthesizer Chris Kelly (guitar) and Benny Hayes (keyboards and vocals) 克里斯·凯利(吉他手)和本尼·海斯(键盘手和主唱)
1 APMa board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine 〔计算机等的〕键盘 a computer keyboard 计算机键盘 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里2. the row of keys on some musical instruments that you press in order to play them 〔乐器的〕键盘3 (also keyboards) [plural]APM an electronic musical instrument similar to a piano that can make sounds like many different instruments 电子琴 → synthesizer Chris Kelly (guitar) and Benny Hayes (keyboards and vocals) 克里斯·凯利(吉他手)和本尼·海斯(键盘手和主唱)Examples from the Corpus
keyboard• More than a dozen Web sites have information about Dvorak, and many offer software for converting computer keyboards.• The program can be used to record music input directly from the computer keyboard.• She focuses the music on her keyboards and her front-and-center vocals, which can be breathy and intimate or jagged.• Dorfman plays keyboards -- an injury preventing him from shouldering his usual accordion.• The ideal position for the mouse is on the same plane as the keyboard and as close to the keyboard as possible.• The keyboard is the input device.keyboard2 verb [intransitive, transitive]TDT to put information into a computer, using a keyboard 用键盘(将…)输入计算机 —keyboarding noun [uncountable] keyboarding errors 输入错误→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business Dictionarykeyboardkey‧board1 /ˈkiːbɔːd-bɔːrd/ noun [countable]COMPUTING a board with buttons marked with different letters and numbers which are pressed to put information into a computer or other machinethe F2 key on your computer keyboardkeyboardkeyboard2 verb [transitive]COMPUTING to put information into a computer, using a keyboardThe best way would be to keyboard the entries into the correct places in the document. —keyboarding noun [uncountable]an estimate of the keyboarding costs→ See Verb tablekey·board1 nounkeyboard2 verbChineseSyllable
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keyboard
key‧board1 S3 /ˈkiːbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ 
noun [countable]
1. a board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine:
a computer keyboard
2. the row of keys on some musical instruments that you press in order to play them
3. (also keyboards) [plural] an electronic musical instrument similar to a piano that can make sounds like many different instruments ⇨ synthesizer:
Chris Kelly (guitar) and Benny Hayes (keyboards and vocals)
keyboard2 verb
[intransitive and transitive] to put information into a computer, using a keyboard
—keyboarding noun [uncountable]:
keyboarding errors
| I |
noun [countable]1. a board with buttons marked with letters or numbers that are pressed to put information into a computer or other machine:
2. the row of keys on some musical instruments that you press in order to play them
3. (also keyboards) [plural] an electronic musical instrument similar to a piano that can make sounds like many different instruments ⇨ synthesizer:
| II |
verb[intransitive and transitive] to put information into a computer, using a keyboard
—keyboarding noun [uncountable]:
