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lock BrE /lɒk/
NAmE /lɑːk/► SEE ALLlock horns (with sb) (over sth)lock, stock and barrelunder lock and keypick a lockshut/lock/close the stable door after the horse has bolted
●ˌlock ˈhorns (with sb) (over sth)argue or fight with sb （与某人）争执，发生冲突◆The lawyers did not want to lock horns with the judge.
律师们不想和法官争论不休。 ORIGIN This idiom refers to the way that animals such as bulls, stags (= male deer), etc. fight with their horns or antlers. 这个习语原指公牛、雄鹿等动物用角打斗。 ●ˌlock, stock and ˈbarrelincluding everything; completely 全部；完全地◆They were all emigrating so they were selling everything they had, lock, stock and barrel.
他们都将移居外国，正在变卖所有的财产。 NOTE The lock, stock and barrel are the three main parts of a rifle. * lock （枪机）、stock （枪托）和 barrel （枪管）是步枪的三个主要部件。 ●under ˌlock and ˈkeylocked up in prison, in a safe, etc. 被囚禁；锁在保险柜里◆The escaped prisoners are now safely under lock and key.
现在逃犯们被严加看管。◆The exam papers must be kept under lock and key until half an hour before the exam.
试卷必须严密保管，考试前半小时才能取出。●pick a ˈlockopen a lock without a key, using sth such as a piece of wire （用铁丝等）捅开锁◆I can’t find my front door key. I don’t suppose you know how to pick a lock, do you?我找不到房子正门的钥匙，你大概不会撬锁吧？●shut/lock/close the stable door after the horse has ˈbolted (BrE) (NAmE shut, etc. the barn door after the horse has eˈscaped) take action to prevent sth bad from happening after it has already happened 马跑了才去关厩门；贼走关门◆Last week all their silver was stolen; this week they’re putting in a burglar alarm! That’s really shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.上星期他们的银器全被偷走了，这星期他们才安装防盗报警器！这可真是马跑了才去关厩门。 |