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lock1 /lɒk $ lɑːk/ ●●● S2 W3 verb  1  fasten STH 拴住某物 [intransitive, transitive]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. 我没法把这个抽屉锁上。 →5  See picture of a bike lock 自行车锁, combination lock 密码锁, padlock 挂锁 ... →4  See picture of 见图 lock →4  See picture of 见图 LOCK 2 →5 see picture at 见图 fasten2  keep in a safe place 存放在安全的地方 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]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 [intransitive, transitive]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 [transitive] 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。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。 —lockable adjective PHRASAL VERBS8 lock somebody/something ↔ away phrasal verb 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〕9 lock in phrasal verb 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。10.lock onto something phrasal verb 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〕11 lock somebody ↔ out phrasal verb 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〕 → lockout12 lock up phrasal verb 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 awayc) 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）→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

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.

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ldoce_205_glock2 ●●● S2 noun  1  fastening 扣拴物 [countable]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 自行车锁 → pick a lock at pick1(10)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。4  hair 头发 a) [countable]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 [countable]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 [countable]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 [countable, uncountable] British EnglishTTC 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 [countable] 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 English complete control of something 对某事物的完全控制 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。 → air lock, combination lock

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 Dictionarylocklock1 /lɒklɑːk/ verb1[transitive] lock horns (with somebody) if two people or organizations lock horns, they start being involved in a serious disagreement or struggle with each otherMr. 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 otherThe 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→ See Verb tablelocklock2 noun1have a lock on something to have complete control of somethingThe 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 somethingThese currency controls put a lock on Pakistan’s dealings with the larger world.Origin lock2 1. Old English loc2. Old English locc

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lock¹ S2 W3 /lɒk $ lɑːk/ verb
1.  FASTEN SOMETHING  [intransitive and transitive] to fasten something, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it, or to be fastened like this:
    Did you lock the car?
    I can’t get this drawer to lock.
2.  KEEP IN A SAFE PLACE  [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something in a place and fasten the door, lid etc with a key
    lock something in something
    Lock the cat in the kitchen.
3.  FIXED POSITION  [intransitive and transitive] to become fixed in one position and impossible to move, or to make something become fixed:
    The wheels suddenly locked.
    lock something around/round something
    He locked his hands around the younger man’s throat.
    A moment later they were locked in an embrace (=holding each other very tightly in a loving or friendly way).
    Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant.
4.  FIXED SITUATION  [transitive usually passive] if you are locked in a situation, you cannot get out of it
    be locked in/into something
    The two groups are locked in a vicious cycle of killing.
    The company is locked into a five-year contract.
5. be locked in battle/combat/dispute etc to be involved in a long, serious argument or fight with someone:
    They are now locked in a bitter custody battle over the three children.
6. lock arms if people lock arms, they join their arms tightly with the arms of the people on each side:
    The police locked arms to form a barrier against the protesters.
7. lock horns (with somebody) to argue or fight with someone:
    The band have now locked horns with their record company over the album.
—lockable adjective
     
lock somebody/something ↔ away phrasal verb
  1. to put something in a safe place and lock the door, lid etc
   SYN  lock up:
    He locked his money away in the safe.
  2. to put someone in prison
   SYN  lock up:
    I hope they lock him away for years.
  3. lock yourself away to keep yourself separate from other people by staying in your room, office etc
lock in phrasal verb
  1. lock somebody in (something) to prevent someone from leaving a room or building by locking the door:
    She locked herself in.
    They locked the director in his office.
  2. lock something ↔ in to do something so that a price, offer, agreement etc cannot be changed:
    Sell your stocks now to lock in some of the gains of recent months.
  3. lock something ↔ in to make the taste, liquid etc remain in something:
    This method of cooking locks in the flavour of the meat.
lock onto something phrasal verb
  if a missile or satellite locks onto a target or signal, it finds it and follows it closely
lock somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
  1. to keep someone out of a place by locking the door
    lock somebody ↔ out of
    I locked myself out of the house__
  2. if employers lock workers out, they do not let them enter their place of work until they accept the employers’ conditions for settling a disagreement
  ⇨ lockout
lock up phrasal verb
  1. to make a building safe by locking the doors, especially at night:
    I’ll leave you to lock up.
    lock something ↔ up
    Don’t forget to lock up the warehouse.
  2. lock something ↔ up to put something in a safe place and lock the door, lid etc
   SYN  lock away
  3. lock somebody ↔ up to put someone in prison
   SYN  lock away:
    Rapists should be locked up.
  4. be locked up (in something) if your money is locked up, you have put it into a business, investment etc and cannot easily move it or use it

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lock² S2 noun
1.  FASTENING  [countable] a thing that keeps a door, drawer etc fastened and is usually opened with a key or by moving a small metal bar:
    I’m sorry, there isn’t a lock on the bathroom door.
    The key turned stiffly in the lock.
    a bike lock ⇨ pick a lock at pick¹(10)
2. under lock and key
  a. kept safely in a box, cupboard etc that is locked:
    Dad keeps all his liquor under lock and key.
  b. kept in a place such as a prison
3. lock, stock, and barrel including every part of something:
    He moved the whole company, lock, stock, and barrel, to Mexico.
4.  HAIR
  a. [countable] a small number of hairs on your head that grow and hang together
    lock of
    He gently pushed a lock of hair from her eyes.
  b. locks [plural] literary someone’s hair:
    long flowing locks
5.  ON A RIVER ETC  [countable] 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
6.  IN A FIGHT  [countable] a hold which wrestlers use to prevent their opponent from moving:
    a head lock
7.  VEHICLE  [uncountable and countable] British English the degree to which a vehicle’s front wheels can be turned in order to turn the vehicle
8.  RUGBY  [countable] a playing position in the game of rugby
9. a lock on something American English complete control of something:
    Pro football still has a lock on male viewers aged 18 to 34.
⇨ air lock, combination lock