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单词 lock-up place
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lock-up place
lock-up place n. (a) a prison or other detention centre; (b) a storage place that can be securely locked.
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1770 Proc. Old Bailey 25 Apr. 193/1 Bowers and Newman broke out; we had Kellyhorn in another lock-up place.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. vi. i. 436 He..opened all his lock-up places.
1852 J. C. North Jrnl. 1 Sept. in M. O'Brien Evening when Alone (1993) III. ii. 206 We saw the state prison, a large building of stone surrounded by a high wall, few would ever make their escape from such a ‘lock up place’.
2000 P. Hemphill Ballad Little River xvii. 207 It's not a hard lockup place, like a real prison, but more of a drug rehabilitation center.
2009 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 6 June (Travel section) 13 Always keep your passport and money on you. Unless you have a really safe lock-up place.
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