单词 | to lock out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto lock out of —— to lock out of —— transitive. To prevent the entrance of (a person) by locking the door or doors of (a room, building, etc.); to turn (a person) out and lock (the door or doors). Also figurative: to exclude from, shut out of. ΚΠ 1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie xlvii. 265 If longer wée staye, the King and the Countie may haue supt, and so wée bee lockt out of the Pallace [It. potriano chiudere il palazzo]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 18 For locking me out of my doores by day. View more context for this quotation 1669 Exact Narr. Bloody Murder J. Talbot 4 He was locked out of his Lodging. 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant I. 190 Goujon had frequently, when locked out of the Town, come in this Way. 1791 C. Reeve School for Widows III. 146 She raved against those who had locked her out of her own chamber. 1827 New Engl. Farmer 22 June 383/2 He should be locked out of all ‘good society’. 1842 F. E. Paget Milford Malvoisin 53 When I was being locked out of yonder church. 1917 Amer. Mag. May 27/1 When I make moan them gamblers locked me out of the car! 1991 S. Faludi Backlash iii. xi. 322 She was unfairly locked out of the feminist power structure. 2006 J. Garbarino See Jane Hit ix. 236 I ended up locked out of a friend's apartment. < as lemmas |
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