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IELTS BNC: 2332 COCA: 2221

lock

Word family 
Related topics: Motor vehicles
lock1 /lɒk $ lɑːk/ ●●● S2 W3 verb   → lough, loch
1  fasten STH 拴住某物 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHUT/CLOSE to fasten something, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it, or to be fastened like this 把（…）锁住；被锁住
 Did you lock the car?
你把汽车锁好了吗？
 I can’t get this drawer to lock.
我没法把这个抽屉锁上。
→4  See picture of 见图 LOCK 2 →5 see picture at 见图 fasten
2  keep in a safe place 存放在安全的地方 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SHUT/CLOSE to put something in a place and fasten the door, lid etc with a key 把〔某物〕锁起来
lock something in something
 Lock the cat in the kitchen.
把猫锁进厨房里。
3  fixed position 固定的位置 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TTC to become fixed in one position and impossible to move, or to make something become fixed （使）固定，卡住，塞住
 The wheels suddenly locked.
轮子突然卡住不动了。
lock something around/round something
 He locked his hands around the younger man’s throat.
他用双手卡住那个年轻人的喉咙。
 A moment later they were locked in an embrace (=holding each other very tightly in a loving or friendly way).
过了一会儿，他们紧紧地拥抱在一起。
 Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant.
他们四目交投，对视了片刻。
4  fixed situation 固定不变的情形 [transitiveT] if you are locked in a situation, you cannot get out of it 陷入
be locked in/into something
 The two groups are locked in a vicious cycle of killing.
这两个团伙陷入了互相厮杀的恶性循环。
 The company is locked into a five-year contract.
公司被一个五年期的合同套牢了。
n Grammar
Lock is usually passive in this meaning.
5  be locked in battle/combat/dispute etc TAKE PART/BE INVOLVEDto be involved in a long, serious argument or fight with someone 卷入斗争/战斗/争论等之中
 They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over the three children.
他们现在陷入了一场苦战，争夺三个孩子的监护权。
6  lock arms HOLDif people lock arms, they join their arms tightly with the arms of the people on each side 臂挽着臂
 The police locked arms to form a barrier against the protesters.
警察臂挽着臂组成一道人墙，阻挡抗议者。
Examples from the Corpus
lock arms• This is not to say that Brownmiller has written a sanguine portrait of sisters locking arms in struggle.• Fifty students locked arms to block the entrance to the building.
7  lock horns (with somebody) ARGUEto argue or fight with someone （与某人）争吵；打架
 The band have now locked horns with their record company over the album.
乐队眼下为专辑的事和他们的唱片公司吵得不可开交。
Examples from the Corpus
lock horns (with somebody)• In fact, the feuding agencies were about to lock horns and starve over the first two dams on their priority lists.• Louis throws a chair at Victor; they lock horns and wrestle.• The big beasts of medical ethics have been locking horns, the rationalists against the religious as usual.• Who had once locked horns with superpowers.
—lockable adjectiveadj
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
lock• She was just chewing her dinner and her jaw locked.• She went over and tried one of the handles, but the cabinet was locked.• Once he had forgotten to lock Mr Corcoran's office and had been harshly reprimanded.• Lock the brakes before you take him out of the stroller.• Don't forget to lock the car.• The colored aide and the blond one took me downstairs and let me on to our ward and locked the door behind me.• Lock the door when you leave.• Wu panicked and locked the door.• As she left the house she locked the door.• As I said it, I jumped back in the bathroom and locked the door.• He locked the safe and put the key in his pocket.• That's what Lee had gone home to check, that Caspar was locked up.
locked in an embrace• And when that happens, you will surely see Switzer and Jones locked in an embrace.• Simultaneously they turned to face one another and a moment later they were locked in an embrace.• Ljungberg falls in the box with Babayaro locked in an embrace from behind.
be locked in/into something• We were locked in a grid four lanes wide.• Read in studio Voice over Two schools for children with special needs are locked in an argument over whether or not they should merge.• The implication is that scanning systems should not be locked into continuous data on limited sectors of the environment ...• In reality, the females are locked in fierce and intense competition.• At Motown, electric guitars, sometimes as many as four, were locked in intricate patterns.• The Ballet and the cavernous, gilt-trimmed Wang are locked in symbiotic, occasionally contentious embrace.• However, some critics have expressed doubts over whether future governments can be locked into the promises.• More often, Washington and Pretoria are locked in warm embrace.
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ldoce_205_glock2 ●●● S2 noun  
1  fastening 扣拴物 [countableC]D a thing that keeps a door, drawer etc fastened and is usually opened with a key or by moving a small metal bar 锁
2  under lock and key 
Examples from the Corpus
under lock and key• Wherever they are kept, they should be out of reach of children and, where appropriate, under lock and key.• Your master should really have kept the book under lock and key.• Smith's copies have spent the last six days under lock and key at its Dunstable depot.• Since then, that length of self-healing cable has been kept under lock and key at the railway inspectorate building at Reading.• Oswald's FBI file has been kept under lock and key.• The older children were no longer kept under lock and key.• If they had kept me under lock and key from my fifteenth birthday until my twentieth, I might have escaped.• With Petersen under lock and key, life for the gumshoes of the Office of Security returned to normal.
3  lock, stock, and barrelstock, and barrel lock ALL/EVERYTHINGincluding every part of something 全部，一切
Examples from the Corpus
lock, stock, and barrel• He moved the whole company, lock, stock, and barrel, to Mexico.• The Knolls have owned the town lock, stock, and barrel for 15 years.• They sold everything lock, stock, and barrel.
4  hair 头发
5. on a river etc 在河上等 [countableC]TTW a part of a canal or river that is closed off by gates so that the water level can be raised or lowered to move boats up or down a slope 〔运河、河流的〕水闸，船闸
6  in a fight 在搏斗中 [countableC]DSO a hold which wrestlers use to prevent their opponent from moving 〔摔跤中的〕抱，夹
7. vehicle 交通工具 [countableC, uncountableU] British EnglishBrETTC the degree to which a vehicle’s front wheels can be turned in order to turn the vehicle 〔汽车前轮的〕转动角度
8. rugby 橄榄球 [countableC] a playing position in the game of rugby 〔英式橄榄球的〕第二排前锋
9  a lock on something American EnglishAmE complete control of something 对某事物的完全控制
Examples from the Corpus
a lock on something• His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years.• Republicans in Congress, used to having a lock on the White House, began attacking Clinton at once.• The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door.• For security a lock on the front locks both the system and the keyboard.• Straightening, she reflected soberly that the only thing missing was a lock on the bedroom door.
→ air lock, combination lock
Examples from the Corpus
lock• She kept a lock of his baby hair in a book.• Equipment was stolen from a construction site entered by cutting a front-door lock.• That explains why there are no locks on the lockers in the hall.• There's no lock on the door.• Two types of locks had been developed by the Romans: the tumbler lock, and the lever lock.• Open up - watch the hard rasp as the key slides into the lock - and step inside.• The lock snapped and the detective levered up the bottom section.• The locks were closed again, the process ended, insipid Vadinamian refreshments were served in the visitors gallery.
From Longman Business Dictionary
locklock1 /lɒklɑːk/ verb
1[transitiveT] lock horns (with somebody) if two people or organizations lock horns, they start being involved in a serious disagreement or struggle with each other
Mr. Lorenzo locked horns with union representatives in his efforts to turn around the struggling business.
2be locked in a battle/struggle/dispute etc (with somebody) if two people or organizations are locked in a battle, they are involved in a serious disagreement or struggle against each other
The two networks are locked in a close ratings battle.
The unions are locked in difficult negotiations with the company.
→ lock something → away
→ lock in
→ lock into something
→ lock out
→ lock something → up
locklock2 noun
1have a lock on something to have complete control of something
The firm now has an 85% lock on the market.
Between them the two airlines have a virtual lock on domestic air traffic.
2put a lock on something to limit or control something
These currency controls put a lock on Pakistan’s dealings with the larger world.
Origin lock2
1. Old English loc
2. Old English locc
lock1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →PHRASAL VERBS1lock2 noun
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IELTS BNC: 2332 COCA: 2221
lock

noun¹

 1fastening device鎖ADJECTIVE | VERB + LOCK | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤combination, cylinder, deadbolt, mortise, Yale™ (BrE) 暗碼鎖；圓筒銷子鎖；嵌鎖；插鎖；耶爾鎖◇The hotels replaced their mortise locks on guest rooms with magnetic card readers.賓館把客房門上的插鎖換成了磁卡閱讀器。➤electronic電子鎖➤safety安全鎖；保險機◇Most cars are now fitted with child safety locks on the back doors.多數小轎車現在都在後門配置了兒童安全鎖。◇safety locks for handguns手槍保險栓➤gun, trigger槍機；扳機保險◇trigger locks for guns槍械扳機保險➤bicycle, bike (informal) 自行車鎖▸➤door, window門鎖；窗鎖VERB + LOCK➤fit安裝鎖◇We had new locks fitted after the burglary.遭入室盜竊之後，我們換了新鎖。➤break, force, pick撬鎖▸➤open, turn開鎖；轉動鎖◇He turned the lock and pushed the door open.他轉動門鎖，推開了門。➤check檢查鎖◇She ran around the house, checking all the locks.她在房子各處跑了一遍，檢查所有的鎖。PHRASES➤insert the key in the lock, turn the key in the lock在鎖眼中插入鑰匙；轉動鎖眼中的鑰匙▸➤under lock and key關押；被囚禁◇Prisoners are kept under lock and key 24 hours a day.囚犯一天 24 小時都被關押着。
lock

noun²

 2small bunch of hair一綹頭髮ADJECTIVE➤stray一縷散髮◇She flicked a stray lock of hair off her face.她輕輕撩開臉上一縷散亂的頭髮。➤flowing飄逸的頭髮◇She had long flowing locks and blue eyes.她有着飄逸的長髮和碧藍的眼睛。➤blonde, chestnut, golden, etc.金黃色、栗色、金色等髮綹➤curly鬈髮◇He ran a hand through his curly brown locks.他用一隻手梳理他那棕色鬈髮。
lock

verb¹

 1close with a lock鎖ADVERB | VERB + LOCK | PHRASES ADVERB➤carefully仔細鎖上◇He carefully locked the door behind him.他隨手小心鎖好了門。➤automatically, electronically自動／電子鎖閉◇The door locks automatically.這種門自動鎖閉。VERB + LOCK➤forget to忘記上鎖PHRASES➤be firmly locked, be securely locked鎖得牢固▸➤keep sth locked鎖住⋯◇Keep your garage securely locked.把你的車庫鎖嚴。
lock

verb²

 2put sb/sth inside sth that is locked鎖起來ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤away, in鎖起來◇I was terrified they would lock me in again.我非常害怕他們會再把我鎖起來。PREPOSITION➤in鎖在⋯裏面◇I locked myself in the bathroom.我把自己鎖在浴室裏。PHRASES➤be safely locked, be securely locked被妥善鎖起◇All the valuables were safely locked away.所有貴重物品都已妥善鎖好。
IELTS BNC: 2332 COCA: 2221
lock verb
⇨ close 1
IELTS BNC: 2332 COCA: 2221

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