| 词组 | lock |
| 释义 | lock [locked, locked, locking] lock away 1. lock sth away • lock away sth to put something in a safe place and lock the door, so that no-one else can get or take it: ▪ The police are advising people to lock their cars away at night. ▪ Barry knew that the bottles of white pills were locked away in the school secretary's cupboard. ► compare ↑lock up 2. lock sb away • lock away sb to put someone in prison or in a hospital for people who are mentally ill: ▪ "You're a thief, Devlin," said Pearce. "And it's my job to catch thieves and lock them away." ▪ That brother of yours, he's crazy. He should be locked away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lock up, ↑put away informal 3. lock yourself away to go somewhere in order to be quiet or get away from other people: ▪ The singer has now locked herself away in her Florida home and is refusing to speak to the press. ▪ He used to lock himself away in the garden shed in order to do his writing. be locked away ▪ She's been locked away in her office all afternoon. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑shut away, ↑hide away 4. lock sth away • lock away sth usually passive to keep information, feelings etc secret or hidden from people: ▪ I was happy to keep the events of that night locked away in my head. ▪ Liddy seemed really depressed. As if all her emotions were locked away inside her. ■ SIMILAR TO: suppress formal lock in lock sb in • lock in sb to prevent someone from leaving a room or building by locking the door: ▪ The guard locked him in, then sat down outside the door. be locked in (=be unable to get out of a room or building because you cannot open the door) ▪ Help! I'm locked in! be locked in/into be locked in/into sth to be involved in an argument, fight etc with someone, especially one that it is difficult to get out of: ▪ The couple, now divorced, are locked in a long battle over their children. get/become locked into sth ▪ Neither side wants to get locked into a long civil war. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑be embroiled in formal lock in on lock in on sth • lock onto sth not passive if a missile locks in on the object it is aimed at, it finds its position and moves straight towards it in order to destroy it. A missile is an explosive weapon which is fired through the air.: ▪ Unfortunately the missile had already locked in on its target, and there was nothing the pilot could do to stop it. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑home in on lock out 1. lock sb out • lock out sb to deliberately prevent someone from entering a place, especially their own home, by locking the door: ▪ The court heard that Simms had beaten his wife and locked her out. 2. lock yourself out to leave your keys inside a building, room, car etc by mistake, with the result that you cannot get back inside it after the door has shut: ▪ Oh no! I've locked myself out of my room! ▪ We always leave a spare key with our neighbours now, in case we lock ourselves out. 3. lock sb out • lock out sb if the employers at a place of work lock out the workers, they prevent the workers from coming in until the workers agree to what the employers want: ▪ The banks locked out employees on February 1st for refusing to handle inter-bank payments. lockout n C when employers prevent workers from coming to work until the workers agree to what the employers want: ▪ When the miners went on strike, management responded with a lockout. lock up 1. lock sth up • lock up sth • lock up to lock all the doors and windows of a building or a car so that no-one can get in: ▪ When we arrived, the house was all locked up and there was no sign of anyone. ▪ Did you remember to turn off the lights and lock up? lock-up n C BrE a garage that someone rents and that can be locked safely, often one that is used for storing things: ▪ Underhill stopped in front of a lock-up on Dale Street, opened the door and carried the boxes inside. ▪ a lock-up garage 2. lock sb up • lock up sb to put or keep someone in prison, or in a hospital for people who are mentally ill: ▪ The governor argued that tougher laws and locking up criminals had helped to lower the crime rate. ▪ Mansell's wife described her husband as a sick man. "He should be locked up," she said. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lock away, ↑put away informal lockup n C a prison, especially a small one, or a room in a prison: ▪ On Friday night there were already five guys inside the lockup at the police station. 3. lock sth up • lock up sth to put something in a safe place and lock the door: ▪ The silver knives and forks were always locked up when they weren't in use. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lock away 4. be locked up if your money is locked up, you have put it into a financial plan or a business in order to make more money, and you cannot take it out and use it for a specific period of time: + in ▪ If your money is locked up in an investment plan while interest rates are low, it could be the wrong choice. ■ SIMILAR TO: be tied up |
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