/lɒk ||; lɑk/verb1 [I,T] to close or fasten (sth) so that it can only be opened with a key 锁上 · Have you locked the car? 你锁好车门没有?The door won't lock. 这扇门锁不上。 [OPP] unlock 反义词为unlock
2 [T] to put sb/sth in a safe place and lock it 把…锁起妥藏;把…关起来: Lock your passport in a safe place. 把你的护照锁在安全的地方。
3 [T] be locked in sth to be involved in an angry argument, etc with sth, or to be holding sb very tightly 参与(激烈的争论等);紧紧搂住: The two sides were locked in a bitter dispute. 双方展开了激烈的争论。They were locked in a passionate embrace. 他们热烈地拥抱在一起。
lock sth away to keep sth in a safe or secret place that is locked 把某物锁起妥藏
lock sb in/out to lock a door so that a person cannot get in/out 把某人锁在里面╱外面:
I locked myself out of the house and had to climb in through the window. 我把自己锁在屋外,不得不从窗子里爬进去。 lock (sth) up to lock all the doors, windows, etc of a building 锁好(建筑物的所有门窗等):
Make sure that you lock up before you leave. 离开之前,务必锁好所有门窗。 lock sb up to put sb in prison 监禁某人