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- a lock fitted with a device that prevents it from being unlocked until a set time定时锁。
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- a device built into a computer program to stop it operating after a certain time（计算机程序的）时间锁定装置。
(time-lock)with obj.
1- secure (a door or other locking mechanism) with a time lock用定时锁锁定。
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- link (something) inextricably to a certain period of time使锁定于某一时期; 在时间上限制：
an overdone theme tends to time-lock a setting and stifle imagination.
过分渲染主题容易在时间上限制场景, 扼杀想像力。