lock

英 [lɒk] 美 [lɑːk]

• n. 锁；水闸；一缕头发；一簇；一束
• v. 固定；锁(住)；抓牢；过闸

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 锁住,锁上

   fasten a door with a lock;become fixed

2. vt. & vi. (使)固定

   (cause to) become fixed, unable to move

n. (名词)

1. [C]锁

   an apparatus for closing and fastening sth, usually, by means of a key

2. [C]水闸,船闸

   a stretch of water closed off by gates, especially on a canal, so that the water level can be raised or lowered to move boats up or down a slope

3. [C][U](头发的)一缕

   a small piece of hair

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 锁
2. 船闸，水闸，闸
3. 制轮楔
4. 头发
5. 抱，夹
6. 【军】枪机
7. 止动器，制动器，锁定器
8. 堵塞
9. 关闭的状态
10. 车锁
11. 锁定
12. 完全控制
13. 橄榄球

v. 动词

1. （使）固定
2. 锁，锁上，锁定，（被）锁住，把…锁在屋里，把…锁在门外，锁好门窗，把…锁起来
3. 卡住，塞住， 煞住
4. 紧闭
5. 过闸，通过水闸
6. 使紧密衔接
7. 揪扭
8. 卷入争论，陷入
9. 把…关押起来，把某人关进监狱，拘禁
10. 把…收好并锁起来
11. 把（钱）搁死（成为不易兑现的资本）
12. 紧抱住，挽住
13. 被紧紧抓住
14. 交结，连接

英英释义

Noun:

1. a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

2. a strand or cluster of hair

3. a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

4. enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it

5. a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

6. any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

Verb:

1. fasten with a lock;

   "lock the bike to the fence"
   

2. keep engaged;

   "engaged the gears"
   

3. become rigid or immoveable;

   "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
   

4. hold in a locking position;

   "He locked his hands around her neck"
   

5. become engaged or intermeshed with one another;

   "They were locked in embrace"
   

6. hold fast (in a certain state);

   "He was locked in a laughing fit"
   

7. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape;

   "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"
   "She locked her jewels in the safe"
   

8. pass by means through a lock in a waterway

9. build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He chiseled a hole in the door to fit a new lock.
   他在门上凿了个孔，以便装一把新锁。
2. Water went rushing through the lock gates.
   水流经水闸时十分湍急。
3. He keeps a lock of her hair.
   他保存着她的一绺头发。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The ship was locked in the ice through the winter.
   整个冬天船只被冻在冰层里。
2. Be sure to lock your bicycle.
   自行车务必上锁。
3. You should lock the jewels (up) in a safe.
   你应当把珠宝首饰锁起妥藏在保险箱内。
4. She locked her child in her arms.
   她把孩子紧紧搂在怀里。
5. The ship locked into the canal.
   船过闸驶入运河。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The safe locks easily.
   这保险柜容易锁。
2. This trunk won't lock.
   这个皮箱锁不上。
3. This suitcase won't lock because it is too full.
   这个箱子锁不上,因为装得太满了。
4. I can't control the car, the wheels have locked.
   我无法操纵这辆汽车,车轮给卡死了。
5. The wheel locked when he braked and the car skidded.
   他刹车后轮子就不转动了,车还是滑行了一段。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Be sure to lock the warehouse when you leave.
   你离开仓库时,请一定把它锁上。
2. Race locked the door and took the key with him.
   雷斯锁上了门,并带走了钥匙。
3. He locked the rear wheel of the bike to prevent it from being stolen.
   他把自行车后轮锁上,以防被盗。
4. The students locked arms and sang the school song.
   学生们挽着手臂,唱起校歌。
5. We should avoid locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen.
   我们应该避免亡羊补牢。
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6. The door was locked and we were unable to enter.
   门是锁住的,我们进不去。
7. He pulled the door, but the door was locked.
   他拉了拉门,但门是锁着的。
8. One of the bedrooms was locked and a low moan came from it.
   有一间寝室的门锁着,里面传出了微弱的呻吟声。
9. He had overlooked the fact that the back door was not locked.
   他忽略了后门没有锁这一事实。
10. Her jaws were tightly locked.
    她牙关紧闭。

其他

v -ed as o-Compl.

1. I have a secret safely locked in my breast.
   我将秘密隐藏在心底。

用作名词 (n.)

1. This lock is damaged.This door will never open!
   这把锁坏了,门开不开了!
2. Something has gone wrong with the lock;it won't work.
   这把锁有毛病,锁不上了。
3. He found the thieves were forcing the lock of the jewel case.
   他发现窃贼在撬珠宝盒上的锁。
4. He lost his temper when he broke the key in the lock.
   当钥匙断在锁中时,他发了火。
5. I can't force the key into this lock, it won't work.
   我不能把钥匙插进锁里,这把钥匙开不了这把锁。
6. She has a lock but she bought another one as an additional insurance against thieves.
   她有一把锁,但她又买了一把作为防范盗贼的另外一个保险措施。
7. Each drawer was fitted with a lock.
   每个抽屉上都安装了一把锁。
8. In ideological work, we must learn to open different locks with different keys because a method that answers with one person may not answer with another.
   做思想工作时,必须学会“一把钥匙开一把锁”,因为适用于一个人的方法不一定适用于另一个人。
9. After the burglary she had all the locks changed.
   在遭到盗窃以后,她把所有的锁都换了。
10. The ship passed through a lock in a canal.
    轮船通过了运河上的船闸。
11. The lock keeper closed the lock gates.
    水闸管理员关上了闸门。
12. She keeps a lock of his hair.
    她保留着他的一缕头发。
13. He gazed in the mirror at his greying locks.
    他凝视着镜中自己日渐花白的头发,感慨岁月不待人。

经典引文

• He wore his hair so long that his auburn locks almost touched his shoulders.

  出自： D. Carnegie

• Long black locks streamed down her forehead.

  出自： J. Cary

• Though this..hair was turning from grey to white, Mrs. Arbuthnot snipped off two locks.

  出自： E. Longford

• He had new locks put on the doors.

  出自： D. L. Sayers

• Her second diary..had..a lock, making it safer for private thoughts.

  出自： S. Quinn

• The reformers locked up the church and departed with the keys.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• Then he closed, locked, bolted and chained the door.

  出自： G. Greene

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

lock away (v.+adv.)

把(某物)锁起来 keep sth safe under lock and key
lock sth ⇔ away
She locked her memories of him away in her heart.

她把对他的怀念埋藏在心里。
This is too valuable to be left lying about, lock it away somewhere.

这东西太贵重了,不能随处放置,找个地方锁起来。
The prisoner is securely locked away.

那个犯人已被监禁起来了。
Don't worry, the dangerous criminals have all been locked away.

别担心,所有的危险犯人都已被关起来了。

lock in¹ (v.+adv.)

使固定 become fixed, unable to move

lock in² (v.+prep.)

把…锁在…内 keep sb/sth safe under lock and key
lock sb/oneself/sth in sth
Tom has locked himself in his room and refuses to speak to any member of the family.

汤姆把自己锁在他的房间内,拒绝和家里任何人讲话。
Although the jewels were locked in a strong box, the thieves stole them without any difficulty.

尽管珠宝被锁在一个结实的箱子里,小偷还是毫不费力地把它们偷走了。

lock out (v.+adv.)

关在外边,不准(某人)进入… prevent sb, oneself, or sth from entering a room or building, with a lock and key
lock sb/oneself ⇔ out
The management has locked the men out.

资方封闭工厂,阻止工人进厂开工。
I locked myself out by mistake.

我没留心,把自己锁在外面了。
The men were locked out in response to their refusal to operate the new machines.

作为对工人们拒绝操作新机器的回答,雇主不准他们进厂。

lock up (v.+adv.)

将(某人或某物)锁住〔关押〕 keep sth safe under lock and key;prevent sb from escaping;put sb in prison or a hospital
lock sb/sth ⇔ up
Will you lock up the house, please?

请将房门锁起来,好吗?
He locked up the jewels in a box.

他把珠宝放在箱子里锁好。
I always lock up my money in a strong box.

我总是把钱放在一个结实的盒子里,锁好保管起来。
People usually lock up the house before they go to bed at night.

人们通常在夜晚睡觉之前将房门锁好。
I can't imagine how the rain got in, because we had locked up all the windows tightly.

所有窗户都关得很严实,我想象不到雨是怎么进来的。
They have locked up all their capital in that enterprise.

他们已把他们的所有资本都滞压在那家企业了。
They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.

他们已把犯人监禁在单身牢房里。
She's crazy;she ought to be locked up.

她疯了,应该关进疯人院。
He's been locked up for receiving stolen goods.

他由于窝藏赃物而被关押起来。
When he became violent, the drunk was taken to the police station and locked up for the night.

那个醉汉行凶,被带到派出所里关了一夜。
The idea is locked up in his brains.We know nothing.

他把自己的想法藏在脑子里,我们一无所知。
All my money has been locked up in property for the last ten years.

最近10年,我所有的钱都套死在房地产上了。
The idea of being locked up in jail filled her with horror.

想到要被关进监狱,她充满恐惧。

用作名词 (n.)

lock, stock and barrel

完全,全部 completely

under lock and key

锁藏于建筑物〔集装箱、房间〕之中 in a locked building〔container,room〕

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• lock arms 挽臂
• lock bicycle 锁自行车
• lock box 锁门
• lock drawer 锁上抽屉
• lock gate 锁门

～+副词

• lock automatically 自动地锁
• lock briefly 简洁地锁
• lock carefully 仔细地锁
• lock cautiously 小心地锁
• lock discreetly 慎重地锁
• lock half-heartedly 马虎地锁
• lock hastily 仓促地锁
• lock mechanically 机械地锁
• lock modestly 谨慎地锁
• lock nervously 紧张地锁
• lock prudently 谨慎地锁
• lock quickly 迅速地锁
• lock speedily 快速地锁
• lock staunchly 可靠地锁
• lock suspiciously 不放心地锁
• lock away 把…锁起来
• lock away the records 把记录锁藏起来
• lock in 将…锁在里面,把…包围起来
• lock out 将…锁在外面
• lock up 将…锁住,把(某人)关押起来

～+介词

• lock from 从…锁…
• lock into 把…锁在
• lock onto 接牢,紧连
• lock with 用…锁

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break a lock 开锁
• change a lock 换锁头
• design a lock 设计锁
• fit a lock 安锁
• fix a lock 安锁
• force a lock 用力把锁撬开
• open a lock 把锁打开
• pick a lock (用非钥匙之物)撬锁
• put lock 装锁
• set lock 设置锁
• test lock 检测锁

形容词+～

• broken lock 破锁头
• crude lock 未加工的锁
• double lock (将钥匙转动两次的)双重锁
• shattering lock 破损的锁
• solid lock 牢固的锁头
• bushy lock 浓密的头发
• careless lock 乱蓬蓬的头发
• curly lock 鬈发
• dangling lock 摇晃的头发
• dense lock 浓密的头发
• disheveled lock 散乱的头发
• dripping lock 湿淋淋的头发
• fearful lock 吓人的头发
• flat lock 扁平的头发
• floating lock 漂动的头发
• flowing lock 光滑的头发
• glossy lock 光滑的头发
• golden lock 金发式的头发
• hoary lock 灰白的头发
• massy lock 长而浓密的头发
• obstinate lock 粗硬的头发
• raven lock 乌油油的头发
• scanty lock 稀少的头发
• shining lock 光亮的头发
• shorn lock 修剪过的头发
• silken lock 柔软光滑的头发
• snaky lock 弯曲的头发
• sparse lock 稀疏的头发
• stiff lock 硬挺挺的头发
• thin lock 稀疏的头发
• tumbled lock 杂乱的头发
• unruly lock 难梳理的头发
• whitened lock 变白了的头发

名词+～

• arm lock 夹臂
• head lock 夹头
• safety lock 保险锁
• spring lock 弹簧锁
• time lock 定时锁

介词+～

• in the lock 在锁中
• on the lock 锁着的
• under lock and key 监禁

～+介词

• lock on the door 门锁
• lock to a door 门锁

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. lock的基本意思是“锁上”“锁住”,也可表示“卡住”,引申可作“使…固定”解。
2. lock用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. lock用作不及物动词时主动形式常含有被动意义。

n. (名词)

1. lock作名词是“锁”的意思,指安在门、箱子、抽屉等的开合处或铁链的环孔中,使人不能随便打开的金属器具,一般要用钥匙才能开。是可数名词。
2. lock作“水闸,船闸”解时,指拦在河道上的可使水位升降或船只通过的闸门。
3. lock还可作“一缕头发”解,这时可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 她锁上了门。

   误 She locked the door with a lock.

   正 She locked the door.

   析 “把门锁上”只需说lock the door,而无需再接with a lock。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的loc，意为锁。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bolt
• fasten
• latch
• bolt
• hasp
• latch

【反义词】

• unlock 开锁