n.[C]

1. 索引；卡片索引；文獻索引
   The index is arranged in alphabetical order.

   索引按字母順序排列。

2. 標誌；表示；跡象
   A person's face is often an index of his mood.

   一個人的臉部表情常常反映這個人的情緒。

3. 食指
4. （刻度盤上的）指針
5. 指示符號，參見號
6. 指數；率
7. 【數】指數；根指數；指標
8. 【電腦】索引；變址；下標

vt.

1. 為……編索引；把……編入索引
   All persons mentioned are carefully indexed.

   所有提到的人名都仔細作了索引。

2. 表明，指示
   Fever indexes illness.

   發燒表明有病。

3. 【電腦】為……編索引；修改（指令等）

vi.

1. 編索引

n.

1. an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places in a book where they occur.
   ▸an alphabetical list or catalogue of books or documents.
2. an indicator, sign, or measure of something.
   ▸a number representing the relative value or magnitude of something in terms of a standard:

   a price index.
3. Mathematics  an exponent or other superscript or subscript number appended to a quantity.
4. Printing  a symbol shaped like a pointing hand used to draw attention to a note.

v.

1. record in or provide with an index.
2. link the value of (prices, wages, etc.) automatically to the value of a price index.
3. [often as noun indexing] (of a machine or part) move from one predetermined position to another to carry out a sequence of operations.