新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lock

英 [lɒk]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

locks
1. [C 可数名词] 锁
The lock on something such as a door or a drawer is the device which is used to keep it shut and prevent other people from opening it. Locks are opened with a key.
双语例句
例：
At that moment he heard Gill's key turning in the lock of the door.
那一刻他听到吉尔用钥匙开门的声音。
2. [C 可数名词] 水闸
On a canal or river, a lock is a place where walls have been built with gates at each end so that boats can move to a higher or lower section of the canal or river, by gradually changing the water level inside the gates.
双语例句
例：
As the lock filled, the ducklings rejoined their mother to wait for another vessel to go through.
水闸里注满水时，小鸭子们回到它们的妈妈身旁等待另一艘船通过。
3. [C 可数名词] （一）绺
A lock of hair is a small bunch of hairs on your head that grow together and curl or curve in the same direction.
双语例句
例：
She brushed a lock of hair off his forehead.
她拂开他额头的一绺头发。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

lock away
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 把……锁起来藏好
If you lock something away in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock.
双语例句
例：
She meticulously cleaned the gun and locked it away in its case.
她小心翼翼地把枪擦干净，并把它锁在枪盒里。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 把…关进（监狱或精神病院等）
To lock someone away means to put them in prison or a secure mental hospital.
双语例句
例：
Locking them away is not sufficient, you have to give them treatment.
把他们关起来是不够的，还要给他们治疗。
lock out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 把…关在门外
If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors.
双语例句
例：
His wife locked him out of their bedroom after the argument.
争吵之后妻子把他关在了卧室外面。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] （雇主）不准（员工）进入工作场所
In an industrial dispute, if a company locks its workers out, it closes the factory or office in order to prevent the employees coming to work.
双语例句
例：
The company locked out the workers, and then the rest of the work force went on strike.
公司不准那些工人进厂，然后其余的工人就举行了罢工。
lock up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 把……锁起来藏好
If you lock something up in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock.
双语例句
例：
Give away any food you have on hand, or lock it up and give the key to the neighbours.
把你手头的食物都送人，或锁起来，把钥匙交给邻居们。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 把…关入（监狱或精神病院等）
To lock someone up means to put them in prison or a secure psychiatric hospital.
双语例句
例：
Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.
米尔纳先生说服联邦检查官不要把他的当事人关起来。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 锁好（房子门窗或汽车）
When you lock up a building or car or lock up, you make sure that all the doors and windows are locked so that nobody can get in.
双语例句
例：
Don't forget to lock up.
别忘了锁门窗。

VERB. 动词

locks , locking , locked
1. [T 及物动词] 锁
When you lock something such as a door, drawer, or case, you fasten it, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it.
双语例句
例：
Are you sure you locked the front door?
你确定锁前门了吗？
2. [T 及物动词] 将…锁起来
If you lock something or someone in a place, room, or container, you put them there and fasten the lock.
双语例句
例：
Her maid locked the case in the safe.
她的女仆把那个盒子锁进了保险箱。
3. [I 不及物动词] 锁定
If you lock something in a particular position, or if it locks there, it is held or fitted firmly in that position.
双语例句
例：
He leaned back in the swivel chair and locked his fingers behind his head.
他仰靠在转椅上，十指交叉枕在脑后。