| 词组 | lock away |
| 释义 | 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 |
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