lock是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a device that prevents something such as a door from being opened and can only be opened with a key -- 鎖，門鎖

  • I heard someone turn a key in the lock. 我聽見有人在用鎖匙開門。

  • safety locks 安全鎖

  • Thieves got in by smashing the lock off the door. 盜賊砸壞門鎖闖了進去。

• 1 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 -- 水閘，船閘

• 2 something that is certain to happen -- 一定會發生的事件

  • She's a lock for promotion this year. 她今年肯定會晉升的。

• 3 a small group of hairs, especially a curl -- （尤指鬈髮的）一股，一縷

  • There is a lock of Napoleon's hair in the display cabinet. 在展櫃中有一縷拿破侖的鬈髮。

  • curly locks 鬈髮

  • flowing golden locks 飄逸的金髮

• 4 the amount a road vehicle's front wheels can be turned from one side to the other by turning its steering wheel -- 前輪轉向角度

  • You need it on full lock (= with the wheel turned as much as possible). 你得把方向盤轉到底。

• 5 a way of holding someone that you are fighting against so that they cannot move -- 鎖住（對手），使（對手）動彈不得

  • The smaller wrestler held his opponent in a full body lock. 小個子摔跤手死死抱住對手。

• 6 to put something in a safe place and fasten the lock -- 妥善保管，妥善保藏

  • He locked the confidential documents in his filing cabinet. 他把機密文件放入文檔櫃妥善保管起來。

  • You really should lock your car (up) or it'll get stolen. 你真應該把車鎖好，否則就會被盜。

  • Don't forget to lock the door when you go out. 出去時別忘了鎖門。

  • If you shut the door it will lock automatically. 門關上就會自動鎖好。

• 7 to become fixed in one position -- 鎖定，鎖住

  • I tried to start moving but the wheels had locked. 我想向前移動一下，但車輪被鎖住了。