cheat code
cheat code — noun
1. a hidden word, number, or set of buttons that a player enters in a video game to
a hidden word, number, or set of buttons that a player enters in a video game to unlock special powers, extra lives, or a faster way to win.
Owen typed in a cheat code to give his character unlimited health.
type in a cheat code + result it unlocks
The old racing game had a cheat code that turned every car gold.
a cheat code that + unusual in-game effect
Mayumi searched online for a cheat code to skip the hardest level.
My brother knows a secret cheat code for almost every shooting game.
The players pressed up, up, down, down to enter a famous cheat code.
文法句型
enter a cheat code
a cheat code for [game]
用法筆記
Often the object of 'enter', 'type in', or 'use'. Subject is usually a player; the thing it unlocks (lives, powers, levels) follows naturally in the same sentence.
常見錯誤
2. a simple trick or method that lets you get a good result much more easily than o
a simple trick or method that lets you get a good result much more easily than other people, almost as if you were breaking the normal rules.
Lucía calls morning exercise her cheat code for staying calm all day.
X is someone's cheat code for + benefit
Asking the librarian for help felt like a cheat code during exam week.
feel like a cheat code
Chidi told us that cooking in batches is a cheat code for busy parents.
For Marco, a good night's sleep is the ultimate cheat code at work.
Learning a few local phrases is a real cheat code when you travel abroad.
- hard way
the slow, normal route a cheat code lets you skip
文法句型
a cheat code for [success]
feel like a cheat code
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this figurative use has nothing to do with games — it praises an everyday trick that gives an unfair-seeming advantage. Common after 'feel like' or as 'a cheat code for'.