lock

1. VERB 锁；锁上；锁住
   When you lock something such as a door, drawer, or case, you fasten it, usually with a key, so that other people cannot open it.
   1. Are you sure you locked the front door?...
      你确定锁了前门吗？
   2. Wolfgang moved along the corridor towards the locked door at the end.
      沃尔夫冈走向过道尽头锁着的那扇门。
2. N-COUNT 锁
   The lock on something such as a door or a drawer is the device which is used to keep it shut and prevent other people from opening it. Locks are opened with a key.
   1. At that moment he heard Gill's key turning in the lock of the door...
      那一刻，他听见吉尔的钥匙开启门锁的声音。
   2. An intruder forced open a lock on French windows at the house.
      有人强行撬开落地窗上的锁闯入屋里。
3. VERB 把… 锁起妥藏；把…关起来
   If you lock something or someone in a place, room, or container, you put them there and fasten the lock.
   1. Her maid locked the case in the safe...
      她的女佣把箱子锁进保险柜里。
   2. They beat them up and locked them in a cell.
      他们殴打了他们，并把他们锁在一间囚室里。
4. V-ERG 扣住；拴住；（使）固定
   If you lock something in a particular position or if it lock there, it is held or fitted firmly in that position.
   1. He leaned back in the swivel chair and locked his fingers behind his head...
      他仰靠在转椅上，十指交叉枕在脑后。
   2. There was a whine of hydraulics as the undercarriage locked into position.
      随着液压系统嘎吱一声响，起落架进入了锁定位置。
5. （运河或河流上的）船闸，水闸
   On a canal or river, a lock is a place where walls have been built with gates at each end so that boats can move to a higher or lower section of the canal or river, by gradually changing the water level inside the gates.
6. N-COUNT 一绺（头发）
   A lock of hair is a small bunch of hairs on your head that grow together and curl or curve in the same direction.
   1. She brushed a lock of hair off his forehead.
      她撩开他脑门上的一绺头发。
7. N-PLURAL 头发
   Your locks are your hair.
   1. ...women with long, wavy locks.
      留着长长卷发的女人们
8. PHRASE 妥善锁藏着；被关押着
   If something or someone is kept under lock and key, they are in a container or room which has been securely locked.
   1. The books were normally kept under lock and key in the library vault...
      这些书一般妥善锁藏在图书馆的地窖里。
   2. He is currently under lock and key at Eastmoor secure unit in Leeds.
      他眼下被关押在利兹的伊斯特穆尔保安部。
9. lock, stock, and barrel → see: barrel

verb

1. （用锁）锁上；被锁住
   to fasten sth with a lock; to be fastened with a lock
   1. Did you lock the door?
      你锁门了吗？
   2. This suitcase doesn't lock.
      这手提箱锁不上。
2. 把…锁起来
   to put sth in a safe place and lock it
   1. She locked her passport and money in the safe.
      她把自己的护照和钱锁在了保险柜里。
3. （使）固定，卡住，塞住
   to become or make sth become fixed in one position and unable to move
   1. The brakes locked and the car skidded.
      汽车刹车抱死，车在原地打滑。
   2. He locked his helmet into position with a click.
      他喀哒一声把头盔扣好。
4. 陷入，卷入（困境、争论、争执等）
   to be involved in a difficult situation, an argument, a disagreement, etc.
   1. The two sides are locked into a bitter dispute.
      双方陷入了激烈的争论。
   2. She felt locked in a loveless marriage.
      她觉得自己陷入了一桩没有爱情的婚姻。
5. 被紧紧抓住（或抱住）
   to be held very tightly by sb
   1. They were locked in a passionate embrace.
      他们热烈地拥抱在一起。
6. 加锁；锁（定、紧）
   to prevent computer data from being changed or looked at by sb without permission
   1. These files are locked to protect confidentiality.
      为了保密，这些文件都加了锁。

noun

1. 锁
   a device that keeps a door, window, lid, etc. shut, usually needing a key to open it
   1. She turned the key in the lock.
      她转动锁眼里的钥匙。
2. 车锁；制动器；锁定器；制轮楔
   a device with a key that prevents a vehicle or machine from being used
   1. a bicycle lock
      自行车的车锁
   2. a steering lock
      转向锁
3. （机器部件等的）锁定
   a state in which the parts of a machine, etc. do not move
4. 前轮转向角度
   the amount that the front wheels can be turned in one direction or the other in order to turn the vehicle
   1. I had the steering wheel on full lock (= I had turned it as far as it would turn) .
      我把方向盘转到了底。
5. （运河或河流的）闸，船闸
   a section of canal or river with a gate at either end, in which the water level can be changed so that boats can move from one level of the canal or river to another
6. 一绺（或一缕）头发
   a few hairs that hang or lie together on your head
   1. John brushed a lock of hair from his eyes.
      约翰撩开眼前的一绺头发。
7. 头发
   a person's hair
   1. She shook her long, flowing locks.
      她抖了抖她那飘逸的长发。
8. （并列争球的）第二排前锋
   a player in the second row of the scrum
9. （对某物的）完全控制
   total control of sth
   1. One company had a virtual lock on all orange juice sales in the state.
      有一家公司实际上垄断了整个州所有的橙汁销售。