n (1)索引;卡片索引(list of names or topics referred to in a book，etc;set of names，book titles，etc filed on cards，usu in alphabetical order)[C]：make/compile an～编索引;a subject/name～ 标题/人名索引;an author～ 作者索引;an～to a book 书后的索引;card～es in a library 图书馆的卡片索引;

(2)指数(system by which changes in the value of sth and be compared or measured)： comprehensive/the consumer's price/cost of living/wholesale price/monthly/weekly～综合/消费物价/生活消费/批发价格/月/周指数;

(3)标志，象征 (indication;sign) [C] [N(of)](fig)：The face is an～to character. 面孔反映人的性格。 Increasing unemployment was an～of the country's poverty. 不断增长的失业率是这个国家贫困的标志。

→index finger 食指;

vt 编(入)索引(make an index for;enter sth in an index)[T+n，T+n+prep(in)]：～periodicals/a book 为期刊/书编索引;～all the names and places in a book 将所有的人名和地名编入书中的索引;～“tulip”under the entry“flower”把“郁金香”列入索引中的“花卉”条下;

→͵index′ation n 指数化;′index-linked adj 按生活指数调整的