| 单词 | to lock on to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lock on to —— to lock on to —— 1. intransitive. Of equipment or its operator: to locate and then track automatically; to accept and then maintain as a target or reference object, typically automatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > of instrument, etc.: detect [verb (transitive)] > locate or track radiolocate1941 echolocate1944 to lock on to ——1945 radar-track1948 acquire1953 echo-sound1953 1943 Test Radar Range Finder B-25G Airplane 1 A lightweight experimental radar set... It searches in range, locks-on, and automatically follows any target within the cone of the antenna.] 1945 Sat. Evening Post 15 Sept. 118/3 As the P-47's flew by, the radar locked on to them and a small spot of light started moving across this map. 1964 Discovery Oct. 7/3 The stabilized instrument platform has been developed..to lock on to the sun (or moon) within two minutes of lift-off. 1999 R. Steinman Soldiers' Story (2002) v. 274 The target, the second MiG when we locked onto it, pulled off the scope and he is about a 70 degrees angle off so he was not on my radar scope. 2008 New Scientist 27 Sept. 26/2 The submunitions—the formal term for bomblets—should be equipped with sensors capable of locking on to targets up to 5 kilometres away. 2. transitive. To cause (a piece of equipment) to locate a chosen object or target and then track it automatically. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > give (a person) bearings > accept as a reference object to lock on to ——1946 1946 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 93 443/2 Only one radar operator was employed (for target-searching purposes), the radar set being able to follow fully automatically once it was locked on to its target. 1964 Guardian 1 Dec. 1/4 Their fourth attempt to ‘lock’ Mariner-4 on to the star Canopus. 1997 I. Rendall Rolling Thunder (1999) v. 161 He dived to attack while Driscoll locked a Sparrow onto one of them and prepared to launch. 2001 R. Joshi Last Jet Engine Laugh (2002) 213 Para can see from the top right of her heads-up screen that she and Raksha are the only ones who've been locked on to. < as lemmas |
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