cryptologist
noun [ C ] uk/krɪpˈtɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ us/krɪpˈtɑː.lə.dʒɪst/
密码学家;密码破译家;密码翻译员
an expert in the study of codes (= secret systems of words or numbers)
They brought in two of the world's foremost cryptologists to try and break the code. 他们请来了世界上最重要的两位密码学家试图破译这些密码。
See: cryptology
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- Among the crew were eight cryptologists.
- The first soldier to die during the Vietnam War was cryptologist James Davis.
- He knew little about the crew's tight-lipped cryptologists, who were trained at tapping into the electronic signals rippling through airwaves and cables.
- The cryptologist's frustration arose from the sheer number of permutations offered by the Enigma machines.