| 单词 | to lock to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lock to to lock to transitive. To fasten or secure (a door, gate, etc.) with a lock and key. rare in later use. [With quot. ?1575 perhaps compare Dutch toesluten (Dutch toesluiten), Middle Low German tosluten, German zuschließen (Middle High German zuosliezen), all in sense ‘to secure (a door, etc.) with a lock’, lit. ‘to lock to’.] ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > bolt, bar, or lock sparc1175 pena1200 louka1225 bara1300 shutc1320 lockc1325 clicketc1390 keyc1390 pinc1390 sneckc1440 belocka1450 spare?c1450 latch1530 to lock up1549 slot1563 bolt1574 to lock to?1575 double-lock1594 stang1598 obserate1623 padlock1722 button1741 snib1808 chain1839 ?1575 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Prouerbia iv. f. 12v Ereuer the Doore be locked-to. 1600 in A. Bisset Ess. Hist. Truth v. 218 Maister Alexander locked to the study door behind him. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World ii. xii. 114/1 The anxious and solicitous multitude locked to the Gates. 1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! viii. 301 In whatever place it was that he could lock the door to and sit quiet. < as lemmas |
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