1 VERB 锁；锁上；锁住 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. 锁；锁上；锁住
SYN fasten, close, secure, shut
2 N-COUNT 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. 锁
SYN fastening, catch, bolt, clasp
3 VERB 把… 锁起妥藏；把…关起来 If you lock something or someone in a place, room, or container, you put them there and fasten the lock. 把… 锁起妥藏；把…关起来
4 V-ERG 扣住；拴住；（使）固定 If you lock something in a particular position or if it lock there, it is held or fitted firmly in that position. 扣住；拴住；（使）固定
SYN unite, join, link, engage
5 N-COUNT （运河或河流上的）船闸，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. （运河或河流上的）船闸，水闸
6 N-COUNT 一绺（头发） A lock of hair is a small bunch of hairs on your head that grow together and curl or curve in the same direction. 一绺（头发）
SYN strand, curl, tuft, tress
7 N-PLURAL [usually supplement NOUN] 头发 Your locks are your hair. 头发 [literary]
8 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 妥善锁藏着；被关押着 If something or someone is kept under lock and key, they are in a container or room which has been securely locked. 妥善锁藏着；被关押着
9 lock, stock, and barrel→see: barrel
Phrasal verbs: - lock awaylock inlock outlock up
| Word Partnership | Use lock with: |
| N. | lock a car, lock a door, lock a room 1 combination lock, door lock, lock and key, key in a lock 2 |
| VERB. | change a lock, open a lock, pick a lock 2 |
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