时间: 2025-04-24 22:45:25
美: [lɑk]
英: [lɒk]
vt. 锁,锁上;隐藏
vi. 锁;锁住;卡住
n. 锁;水闸;刹车
n. (Lock)人名;(英、丹、德、瑞典)洛克
最后更新时间:2025-04-24 22:45:25
字面意思:
"Lock" 是指一种机械装置,用于锁住门、窗或其他物品以防止未授权的进入。
定义:一种用于固定或保护物体的装置,通常由金属制成,通过钥匙、密码或其他方式打开。
词性:
名词(noun)和动词(verb)。
词源分析:
"Lock" 源于古英语“locc”,意指“锁住、封闭”。它与古德语“loka”及古北欧语“lok”有关,均有“锁”的意思。
历史背景:
该词的使用可以追溯到公元前的早期文明,古代人使用简单的木制锁来保护财物。其首次在文献中出现的具体时间已不可考,但可以推测其使用历史非常悠久。
课本:
在**的英语教材中,如《新目标英语》、牛津英语等,"lock" 通常出现在初中及高中阶段的词汇表中。在美国的教材中,如《Reading Street》和《English Language Arts》,也可见其身影。
正式与非正式语境:
特殊场合:
在计算机科学中,“lock”可指代锁定文件或资源的状态。例如,在编程中常有“mutex lock”来防止并发执行的问题。
Please remember to lock the door before you leave.
请记得在离开之前把门锁上。
The treasure was kept in a lock box.
宝藏被放在一个锁箱里。
He forgot to lock his bike, and it was stolen.
他忘记锁他的自行车了,结果被偷了。
The lock on this drawer is broken.
这个抽屉的锁坏了。
She used a combination lock to secure her gym bag.
她用一个密码锁来保护她的健身包。
同义词:
反义词:
通过以上分析,可以更深入地理解和应用"lock"这一单词。
[V-T] 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. 锁
例:Are you sure you locked the front door?你确定锁前门了吗?
[N-COUNT] 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. 锁
例:At that moment he heard Gill's key turning in the lock of the door.那时他听到吉尔的钥匙在门锁里转动的声音。
[V-T] If you lock something or someone in a place, room, or container, you put them there and fasten the lock. 将…锁起来
例:Her maid locked the case in the safe.她的女仆把那盒子锁进了保险箱。
[V-T/V-I] If you lock something in a particular position, or if it locks there, it is held or fitted firmly in that position. 锁定
例:He leaned back in the swivel chair and locked his fingers behind his head.他向后靠在转椅上,两手手指交叉锁定在脑后。
[N-COUNT] 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. 水闸
例:As the lock filled, the ducklings rejoined their mother to wait for another vessel to go through.水闸里注满水时,小鸭子们回到它们的妈妈身旁等待另一艘船通过。
[N-COUNT] A lock of hair is a small bunch of hairs on your head that grow together and curl or curve in the same direction. (一) 绺
例:She brushed a lock of hair off his forehead.她拂开他额头的一绺头发。