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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.
→5 see picture at 见图 fasten 我没法把这个抽屉锁上。
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 VERBS8 lock somebody/something ↔ away phrasal verbphr v
a) SHUT/CLOSEto put something in a safe place and lock the door, lid etc 把…锁起来 SYN lock up
He locked his money away in the safe.
他把钱锁在保险柜里。
b) KEEP somebody IN A PLACEto put someone in prison 把…关进监狱 SYN lock up
I hope they lock him away for years.
我希望他们把他关上几年。
c) lock yourself away to keep yourself separate from other people by staying in your room, office etc 把自己关起来〔和别人隔开〕
Examples from the Corpus
lock away• I've had to get a padlock to lock it away.• If Eisen was actually in New York, she had an added reason for locking herself away.• If I buy three tins of beans I lock two away.• Make backup copies of your data, and lock them away.• His aristocratic family was so against his religious pursuits they locked him away for fifteen months.• It was part of the real treasure of mankind, more valuable than all the gold locked uselessly away in bank vaults.• He locked the envelope away in his cupboard beside Doctor Jekyll's will.• If you can't lock ladders away inside, chain and padlock them horizontally to a fixed point.
lock yourself away• If Eisen was actually in New York, she had an added reason for locking herself away.• It got to the stage where she would lock herself away and not talk to me, or else have endless arguments.• At other times he suffers periods of deep depression when he locks himself away and will speak to no-one for weeks.• Morrissey, in particular, would lock himself away behind a shield of management statements and subsequent verbal minders.• He ought to lock himself away from them.
9 lock in phrasal verbphr v
a) KEEP somebody IN A PLACE lock somebody in (something) to prevent someone from leaving a room or building by locking the door 把某人锁在（某处）里面
She locked herself in.
她把自己锁在屋里。
They locked the director in his office.
他们把董事锁在他自己的办公室里。
b) lock something ↔ in to do something so that a price, offer, agreement etc cannot be changed 锁定〔价格、报价、协议等〕，使…不变
Sell your stocks now to lock in some of the gains of recent months.
现在卖出你的股票以锁定这几个月来的部分收益。
c) lock something ↔ in to make the taste, liquid etc remain in something 锁住〔味道、水分等〕
This method of cooking locks in the flavour of the meat.
用这种方法烹制可以保持肉的原味不变。
Examples from the Corpus
lock in• Some families are locked in a cycle of poverty.
10.lock onto something phrasal verbphr v PMWif a missile or satellite locks onto a target or signal, it finds it and follows it closely 〔导弹〕锁定〔目标〕；〔卫星〕锁定〔信号〕
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lock onto • But the Monster's eyes are locked on to mine.• He either locks on to whatever brand he began with, or he stops purchasing altogether.• It seemed to be locked on to some invisible beam that was projecting from out of June's vagina.• Managing change: Today, however, almost every guru is locked on to the theme of change management.• Often the tab can be locked on to a device at the center of the lid.• Rather, it locks on to the injection only when the injection coincides with the start of the active period.• Starlings, which are active during the day, lock on to melatonin when it coincides with the end of their activity.• This can lock on to a target and stay there.
11 lock somebody ↔ out phrasal verbphr v
a) SHUT/CLOSEto keep someone out of a place by locking the door 把〔某人〕锁[关]在门外
of
I locked myself out of the house!
我把自己关在门外了！
b) STOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKEif employers lock workers out, they do not let them enter their place of work until they accept the employers’ conditions for settling a disagreement 不让〔工人〕进厂〔直到纠纷按雇主的条件解决〕
→ lockoutExamples from the Corpus
lock out• He has even been described as a musical Bill Gates, accused of monopolizing an industry and locking competitors out.• They try to lock them out.• Then press upwards until the arms are locked straight out and the triceps are fully contracted.• In 1876 the Institute's trustees locked the Temps out in Skinnergate during a financial row.• The tantrum she throws on her own front lawn, after De Niro locks her out, is a stunner.• Men have finally caught up with women in locking themselves out of their rooms.• They locked me out while they throw stuff at each other.• But simple latches are no problems to a thief - if you lock yourself out you will soon see why.
lock of• Men have finally caught up with women in locking themselves out of their rooms.
12 lock up phrasal verbphr v
a) SHUT/CLOSEto make a building safe by locking the doors, especially at night 〔尤指在夜间〕锁好门窗
I’ll leave you to lock up.
我让你来锁门。
lock something ↔ up
Don’t forget to lock up the warehouse.
别忘了锁上仓库的门。
b) lock something ↔ upSHUT/CLOSE to put something in a safe place and lock the door, lid etc 把某物锁起来 SYN lock away
c) lock somebody ↔ up to put someone in prison 把某人关进监狱 SYN lock away
Rapists should be locked up.
强奸犯应该被关进监狱。
d) be locked up (in something)MONEY if your money is locked up, you have put it into a business, investment etc and cannot easily move it or use it 〔钱〕被搁死（在某事上）
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lock up• He always keeps his desk locked up.• You should take basic precautions like locking your car up.• It costs $23,000 a year to lock up an adult.• Rapists deserve to be locked up for the rest of their lives.• Locking up more criminals has helped to reduce the crime rate and produce safer streets.• I had locked up my office for the night and gone home.
be locked up (in something)• That's what Lee had gone home to check, that Caspar was locked up.• All the back-benchers lit Parliament were locked up along with the six ministers at State House.• I was locked up for nine years, you know that?• Much more was locked up in that house than the storeroom at its core.• His fa-ther was locked up somewhere in a place called Applegate.• It was locked up somewhere round at the back.
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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.
Daily life, Water, Other sports, Motor vehicles
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
I’m sorry, there isn’t a lock on the bathroom door.
对不起，浴室门上没有锁。
The key turned stiffly in the lock.
这把钥匙开锁不灵活。
a bike lock
→ pick a lock at pick1(10) 自行车锁
2 under lock and key
a) SHUT/CLOSEkept safely in a box, cupboard etc that is locked 安全地锁着
Dad keeps all his liquor under lock and key.
爸爸把他所有的酒都锁了起来。
b) KEEP somebody IN A PLACEkept in a place such as a prison 被关押着
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
He moved the whole company, lock, stock, and barrel, to Mexico.
他把公司整个都搬到了墨西哥。
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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
a) [countableC]DCB a small number of hairs on your head that grow and hang together 一绺头发
lock of
He gently pushed a lock of hair from her eyes.
他轻轻地为她拂去遮住眼睛的一绺头发。
b) locks [plural] literaryDCB someone’s hair 头发
long flowing locks
飘逸的长发
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
a head lock
夹头
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
→ air lock, combination lock Pro football still has a lock on male viewers aged 18 to 34.
职业足球赛的观众依然是以18到34岁的男性为主。
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.
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.
1. Old English loc
2. Old English locc