locked
锁定,锁定的,被锁定的,被锁定
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Definitions
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- : a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- : a contrivance for fastening or securing something.
- : the mechanism that explodes the charge; gunlock. safety.
- : any device or part for stopping temporarily the motion of a mechanism.
- : an enclosed chamber in a canal, dam, etc., with gates at each end, for raising or lowering vessels from one level to another by admitting or releasing water.
- : an air lock or decompression chamber.
- : complete and unchallenged control; an unbreakable hold: The congresswoman has a lock on the senatorial nomination.
- : Slang. someone or something certain of success; sure thing: He's a lock to win the championship.
- : Wrestling. any of various holds, especially a hold secured on the arm, leg, or head: leg lock.
- : Horology. the overlap between a tooth of an escape wheel and the surface of the pallet locking it.
- : Metalworking. a projection or recession in the mating face of a forging die.
Phrases
- lock horns
- lock in
- lock out
- lock the barn door after the horse has bolted
- lock up
- under lock and key
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
On top of that we run what’s called the dynamic paywall, which is a lock on stories regardless of their content category, but based more on your habits on the Daily Beast.
These small compounds lock into place with water molecules, like a key in a lock, to prevent ice from forming.
There, the chemicals fit like a key into receptors — molecules that are like locks.
Ceramic dryers can increase volume and reduce dryness in thin, fine hair, but might leave something to be desired for those with fuller locks.
On top of those functions, it’s equipped with a 30-minute keep warm setting, control lock, turbo defrost, and more.
While the desk sergeant ran a background check, he was roughed up by another officer in the lock-up.
“Now they will definitely lock Navalny in prison,” one of the women in the crowd said.
Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.
In many ways, she seems a lock for the win, but her atheism puts her entire character in question.
Charges were eventually dropped against them, in part because two had lock-solid alibis.
The place was used as a lock-up for some time after the incorporation, and the old irons were kept on show for years.
I do not know—I do not dare to believe—that I shall live to hear that key grating in the lock.
Another manner of punishment consists in making them wear a tin mask, which is fastened with a lock behind.
The launch was already under way, and young Cargill trying to avoid it better, thrust with his boat-hook at the side of the lock.