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词汇 lock
释义 lock
noun
uk /lɒk/ us /lɑːk/

locknoun (FASTENER)


B1[ C ]
a device that prevents something such as a door from being opened and can only be opened with a key: 锁,门锁
in the lockI heard someone turn a key in the lock.我听见有人在用钥匙开门。
safety locks安全锁
Thieves got in by smashing the lock off the door.盗贼砸坏门锁闯了进去。
See also
padlocknoun
She eased the key into the lock, anxious not to wake anyone.她小心翼翼地把钥匙插入锁孔,生怕惊醒任何人。
If the lock has frozen up, try lubricating it with oil.如果锁卡住了,上点油润滑一下试试。
If the door won't open, try jiggling the key in the lock.如果门打不开,就把钥匙在锁里转动一下试试。
I could see at once that the lock had been tampered with.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Building: locks & locksmithing
bolt
catch
closer
combination
combination lock
deadbolt
deadlock
fob
key
key box
key fob
key ring
keycard
keychain
lockbox
locksmith
master key
mortise lock
padlock
Yale lock

locknoun (WATER)


[ C ]
a length of water with gates at each end where the level of water can be changed to allow boats to move between parts of a canal or river that are at different heights水闸,船闸
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of watercourses
artesian well
backwater
branch
confluence
drainage basin
estuarine
estuary
firth
interbasin
interchannel
lock-keeper
meander
midstream
mouth
narrows
reach
spring
subbasin
tributary
water table

locknoun (DEFINITE EVENT)


[ C ]USinformal
something that is certain to happen: (定当发生的)假设事实,假定事实
lock forShe's a lock for promotion this year.她今年肯定会晋升的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Certainty
(as) clear as dayidiom
(as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom
and that's flat!idiom
assure someone of something
assured
decidedly
deffo
definite
definitely
definitive
inviolably
ironclad
irrefutable
irrefutably
make no mistake (about it)idiom
unquestionably
unreserved
unreservedly
watertight
would

locknoun (HAIR)


[ C ]
a small group of hairs, especially a curl: (尤指卷发的)一股,一缕
There is a lock of Napoleon's hair in the display cabinet.在展柜中有一缕拿破仑的卷发。
 locks[ plural ]
literary
the hair on someone's head: 头发
curly locks卷发
informal(alsolocs)
short fordreadlocks; a hairstyle in which the hair hangs in long thick twisted pieces:
Jamaican footballers were the first to sport locks.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hair
afro-textured
anti-dandruff
as bald as a cootphrase
baldness
bedhead
flyaway
fuzzy
kink
receding hairline
shaggy
soul patch
stubbly
tache
tash
textured
tousled
unkempt
wavy
wig
wiry

locknoun (WHEELS)


[ U ]UK
the amount a road vehicle's front wheels can be turned from one side to the other by turning its steering wheel: 前轮转向角度
full lockYou need it on full lock (= with the wheel turned as much as possible).你得把方向盘转到底。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
aquaplaning
back someone up
biting point
boxed in
branch off
chauffeur
gun
handle
platooning
pull
pull someone up
push start
range anxiety
reverse
road rage
skid
speeding
standing
the RAC
ton

locknoun (HOLD)


[ C ]
a way of holding someone that you are fighting against so that they cannot move: 锁住(对手),使(对手)动弹不得
The smaller wrestler held his opponent in a full body lock.小个子摔跤手死死抱住对手。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fighting sports
aikido
all-in wrestling
arm-wrestling
armlock
bantamweight
gumshield
half nelson
hammerlock
hapkido
haymaker
outfight
puncher
punching bag
rabbit punch
rope
rounder
southpaw
wrist wrestling
wristlock
wushu

locknoun (RUGBY PLAYER)


(alsolock forward, uk /ˌlɒk ˈfɔː.wəd/ us /ˌlɑːk ˈfɔːr.wɚd/)
a rugby player who plays in the second row of the scrum(= a group of players from each team who come together with their heads down and their arms joined, and push against each other to get control of the ball), or this position in the team:
The England lock caught four vital lineout throws.
The lock forward was a member of Italy's under-19 World Cup squad.
Argentina replied with a try by their debutant lock.
Saracens have confirmed the signing of the All Black lock, Chris Jack.
The Wales squad find themselves short of lock forwards due to injuries.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rugby
22 metre drop-out
advantage rule
All Blacks
ankle tap
attacking half
blind side
fifteen
hooker
hospital pass
jumper
knock
knock (something) on
loose forward
loosehead
set scrum
shirt pad
shoulder charge
Six Nations
squad rotation
turnover

Idioms


lock, stock, and barrel
under lock and key
lock
verb
uk /lɒk/ us /lɑːk/

lockverb (MAKE SAFE)


B2[ Tusually+ adv/prep ]
to put an object in a safe place and fasten a lock that prevents someone from entering the place, moving the object, etc.:
lock something in somethingHe locked the confidential documents in his filing cabinet.他把机密文件放入文件柜妥善保管起来。
lock something to somethingI locked my bike to the railings.
lock something upYou really should lock your bike up or it'll get stolen.
B1[ I or T ]
to fasten something with a key, or be fastened with a key: 锁,上锁
Don't forget to lock the door when you go out.出去时别忘了锁门。
If you shut the door it will lock automatically.门关上就会自动锁好。
She always locked her jewellery in a box.
The guns should be locked securely in a cabinet.
Loggers and environmental activists clashed after protesters locked themselves to a gate to block loggers' access.
"Come on, hurry up!" "I'll just/only be a second - I've got to lock the back door."
If you don't lock your doors and windows, you'll be a sitting target for burglars.如果你不锁上你的门和窗,你就会成为窃贼容易得手的目标。
I'd only gone a few steps down the road when I realized I'd forgotten to lock the door.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Locking and bolting
bar
batten
bolt
handcuff
hermetically
latch
lock (something) up
lock someone out
lock something away
lock something in
lockable
love lock
manacle
padlock
relock
self-locking
shut
shut someone away
under lock and keyidiom
unlockable

lockverb (BECOME FIXED)


[ I ]
to become fixed in one position: 锁定,锁住
I tried to start moving but the wheels had locked.我想向前移动一下,但车轮被锁住了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fastening and tying
be locked togetheridiom
belay
bind
board something up
bound
bowline
clamp
gag
granny knot
half hitch
harness
hobble
hogtie
knot
square knot
strap
strap someone in
strap something up
strop
tack

Idioms


be locked together
lock eyes (with someone)
lock your eyes on someone/something
lock horns

Phrasal verbs


lock something away
lock something in
lock someone in
be locked in something
lock someone into something
lock on
lock someone out
lock someone out of something
lock (something) up
lock someone up

lock | American Dictionary


lock
noun[ C ]
us/lɑk/

locknoun[C] (DEVICE TO FASTEN)


a device that keeps something, such as a door or drawer, fastened, usually needing a key to open it

locknoun[C] (WATER)


a length of water with gates at either end where the level of water can be changed to allow boats to move between parts of a canal or river that are at different heights

locknoun[C] (HAIR)


a curl of hair, or a group of hairs

Idiom


lock, stock, and barrel
lock
verb[ I/T ]
us/lɑk/

lockverb[I/T] (NOT ALLOW CHANGE)


to be or hold something in a position or condition where movement, escape, or change is not possible:
[ T ]They’re locked in a lawsuit with their former employer.
[ I ]The cars crashed and the bumpers locked, making it impossible to move.
[ M ]The bank won’t lock in our mortgage rate.

lockverb[I/T] (FASTEN)


If you lock something somewhere, you make it safe by putting it in a special place and fastening it closed with a lock:
[ T ]He locked the documents in his filing cabinet.

Phrasal verbs


lock someone out
lock up
lock someone up

lock | Business English


lock
verb
uk /lɒk/us
 lock horns (with sb)
to become involved in a disagreement or argument with someone:
My first test as a manager early in my career was locking horns with a union representative at a print factory.
lock horns (with sb) over sthThe White House and Congress locked horns over how to cut the budget deficit.

Phrasal verbs


lock sth away
lock in sth
lock sb into sth
lock sb out of sth

Examples of lock


lock
The latter is illustrated by a vertical bar in figure 4, which gives the span of results obtained in recent lock-exchange experiments.
It is determined by the inflow headways from both directions and by lock characteristics.
In addition to the policy, the state of the scheduler includes information about lock status (busy or available).
If the drawer is locked, the robot would try to open it exerting more and more force, until its force limits would be reached.
These included the availability of low secure or locked ward beds in local hospitals and a measure of ethnic origin.
This in turn should provide the opportunity to generate shorter mode locked pulses.
Different groups of actors receive support for influencing policy implementation, indicating several combinations of institutional lock-in and layering at the local level.
I ask for my friend back, and he locks me up in a solitary cell.
For example, suppose you try to rush through a door that has always been unlocked only to find it is locked.
In these configurations, there is a strong tendency for the top and bottom node to lock into a parallel pattern.
Moreover, reference counts permit the following trick to avoid locking when a node is freed.
We also find that these solitons can interact, phase lock, and eventually merge by forming a single, narrower soliton.
They have brought lock, stock and barrel into the mythology embroidered and perpetuated by a complex mix of nineteenth-century media and politics.
Given the configuration of the natural waterway network, the number, locations, and characteristics of locks affect the waterway system per formance.
It means that the end-effector can move when the active links are locked.
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