- A device operated by a key, combination, or keycard and used, as on a door, for holding, closing, or securing.锁：一种用钥匙、暗码锁或钥匙卡操作的装置。装于门上，用以把持、关上或紧闭
- A section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water level of that section.水闸：用门关住的水道的一部分，如运河。其中通过升高或降低这部分的水位可以抬升或压低运输中的船只
- A mechanism in a firearm for exploding the charge.枪机：火器中的机械装置，用于引爆火药
- An interlocking or entanglement of elements or parts.连接：各因素或部分的连接或纠结
- Sports A hold in wrestling or self-defense that is secured on a part of an opponent's body.【体育运动】 揪扭：在摔跤或自我防卫中紧抓住对手身体的某个部位
- A secure hold or grip:牢牢的紧握：The distributor has a lock on most of the market.销售商掌握着大部分市场
- To fasten the lock of:锁上：close and lock a drawer.关上并锁上抽屉
- To shut or make secure with or as if with locks:锁好，关好：用锁或好家用锁关上或紧闭：locked the house.锁上房子
- To confine or exclude by or as if by means of a lock:锁起来，拘禁：用锁或好家用锁关住或赶出：locked the dog in for the night; locked the criminal up in a cell.晚上把狗关进去；把罪犯关在囚室里
- To fix in place so that movement or escape is impossible; hold fast:固定：固定在一个地方使其无法移动或逃离；抓牢：The ship was locked in the ice through the winter. She felt that she had become locked into a binding agreement.整个冬天船只被冻在冰层里。她感到她已经被一个具约束力的和约锁住了
- To sight and follow (a moving target) automatically:追踪：瞄准并自动跟踪（一移动目标）：locked the enemy fighter in the gun sights.用枪炮瞄准器跟踪敌人战斗机
- To aim (a weapon or other device) at a moving target so as to follow it automatically:锁定：使（武器或其他装置）瞄准一移动目标以便能对其进行自动跟踪："The pilot had locked his targeting radar on the slow-moving frigate"(Ed Magnuson)“飞行员已经锁定了缓慢移动的护卫船上的雷达目标”(埃德·马格努森)
- To engage and interlock securely so as to be immobile.使固定：紧紧地连结或咬合使其无法移动
- To clasp or link firmly; intertwine:紧紧握住，纠缠：紧紧地抓住或连结；交织：locked arms and walked away.抱住手臂走开了
- To bind in close struggle or battle:揪扭：在肉搏或战斗中缠结在一起：The two dogs were locked in combat.两只狗打架时纠缠在一起
- To equip (a waterway) with locks.（在水道上）装上水闸
- To pass (a vessel) through a lock.使（船）通过水闸
- Printing 【印刷术】
- To secure (letterpress type) in a chase or press bed by tightening the quoins.将铅字装版：收紧楔子把（已排好版的铅字）固定在框架内或印刷机版上
- To fasten (a curved plate) to the cylinder of a rotary press.将曲线版系于滚筒：把（曲线版）固定到轮转印刷机的滚筒上
- To invest (funds) in such a way that they cannot easily be converted into cash.套牢（资本）：资本无法轻易转为现金的投资
- Computer Science To end the processing of (a magnetic tape or disk) in such a way as to deny access to its contents.【计算机科学】 锁定：通过拒绝存取内容而结束（磁盘或磁碟）的运行
- To become fastened by or as if by means of a lock:锁上：用锁或似乎用锁变得固定：The door locks automatically when shut.这门在关上时自动锁住
- To become entangled; interlock.纠结；连结
- To become rigid or immobile:僵硬不动：The mechanism tends to lock in cold weather.寒冷的天气里机械装置会变僵硬
- To pass through a lock or locks in a waterway.穿过水道的水闸
- To withhold work from (employees) during a labor dispute.停工：在劳工纠纷期间不让（雇佣工人）工作
- To become embroiled in conflict.卷入矛盾冲突
- To the greatest or most complete extent; wholly:彻底地，完全地：达到最大或最彻底的范围；完全地：an estate that was auctioned off lock, stock, and barrel.被完全拍卖出去的一块房地产
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English loc [bolt, bar] 源自 古英语 loc [插销，闩]
lock
- A length or curl of hair; a tress.一缕头发；一束长发
- Often locks The hair of the head. 常作 locks 头发
- A small wisp or tuft, as of wool or cotton.一束或一簇，如羊毛或棉花
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English locc 源自 古英语 locc