| 单词 | to lock up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lock up to lock up 1. a. transitive. To fasten or secure (a door, gate, etc.) with a lock. In later use also: to shut up and secure (a room, building, enclosure, etc.) by locking the door or doors.Earliest in figurative context. 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 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) steeka1250 shut1340 to shut in1390 spear1445 seclude1451 to shut up1530 mure1550 block1630 lock1773 to lock up1824 seal1931 to sew up1962 to lock down1980 1549 J. Bale in J. Leland Laboryouse Journey sig. C.ijv To locke vp the gates of the true knowledge, from them that affectuously seketh it to the glory of God, is a property belongynge onlye to the hypocryiysh Pharisees, and false lawers. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Iiiv When any meat is stirring then lock they vp their gates, that no man may come in. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 71 Were not my doores lockt vp, and I shut out? View more context for this quotation 1651 R. Culmer Ministers Hue & Cry 3 I presently locked up the field-gate, after my Corn was out. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 66 The Hour drawing near, they lock'd up the Doors of the House. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 2 I will lock up my study door the moment I get home. 1824 R. B. Peake Americans Abroad I. ii. 7/1 It [sc. the larder] is always locked up, by that she griffin with a bunch of keys. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 250 The reformers locked up the church and departed with the keyes. 1917 Southwestern Reporter 191 23/1 The doors were locked up the next day. 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves ii. 40 When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma. 2012 Spitalfields Life 344/1 He is the Gentleman Porter and it is his responsibility to lock up the Tower. b. intransitive. To close and secure a room, building, enclosure, etc., by locking the door or doors. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > become closed (of a door, window, etc.) > close or lock door(s) steekc1400 to lock upa1631 bolt1847 chain1886 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 226 Who e'r..built faire houses, set trees, and arbors, Only to lock up, or else to let them fall? 1752 H. Fielding Amelia III. ii. 119 He is not here for Debt, but upon a Judge's Warrant for an Assault and Battery; for the Tipstaff locks up here. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vi. 98 We were now prevented from further conversation, by the arrival of the gaoler's servants, who came to call over the prisoners names, and lock up for the night. 1850 C. M. Sedgwick Tales City Life 18 Just before we locked up last night, I observed a stranger come into the shop. 1875 E. P. Roe From Jest to Earnest xxxv. 492 I wish the blockhead would come home... I want to lock up. 1901 ‘A. Hope’ Tristram of Blent xxvi. 356 ‘Is her ladyship still out, ma'am?’ he [sc. the butler] asked... ‘I was going to lock up’... ‘Oh, go to bed’, she cried..‘We'll lock up..’. 1970 N.Y. Mag. 18 May 48/1 Hahn locked up for the night at 6:15 p.m. 2003 P. Kay et al. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 2. 34/2 Come on, Captain, home time. I want to lock up. 2. transitive. To enclose or confine in a locked room, box, etc.; to keep securely under lock and key; (now frequently) to imprison. Also figurative.to lock up (a person or thing) and throw away the key: see key n.1 and adj. Phrases 9. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] beloukOE loukOE sparc1175 pena1200 bepen?c1225 pind?c1225 prison?c1225 spearc1300 stopc1315 restraina1325 aclosec1350 forbara1375 reclosea1382 ward1390 enclose1393 locka1400 reclusea1400 pinc1400 sparc1430 hamperc1440 umbecastc1440 murea1450 penda1450 mew?c1450 to shut inc1460 encharter1484 to shut up1490 bara1500 hedge1549 hema1552 impound1562 strain1566 chamber1568 to lock up1568 coop1570 incarcerate1575 cage1577 mew1581 kennel1582 coop1583 encagea1586 pound1589 imprisonc1595 encloister1596 button1598 immure1598 seclude1598 uplock1600 stow1602 confine1603 jail1604 hearse1608 bail1609 hasp1620 cub1621 secure1621 incarcera1653 fasten1658 to keep up1673 nun1753 mope1765 quarantine1804 peg1824 penfold1851 encoop1867 oubliette1884 jigger1887 corral1890 maroon1904 to bang up1950 to lock down1971 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] > in a place or receptacle shut13.. sealc1420 lockc1460 to lock up1568 enlock1596 to lock away1755 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 217 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 267 Lok vp all in to ȝone almery. 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares 51 Whatsoever it deliuered, they eare deuoured, and thy heart locked vp. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D3v The louers of fair Danaë, When she was lockt vp in a brasen tower, Desirde her more. 1600 R. Chambers Palestina 199 He alwaies locked vppe his ornaments. 1683 J. Locke Let. 26 Aug. (1976) II. 602 I think you were best lock my book of accounts up in my scriptor when you go out of town. 1742 J. Yarrow Love at First Sight 46 Lock him up in the Coal-Place 'till he is sober. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 33 Always lock up a Cat in the Closet where you keep your China Plates, for fear the Mice may steal in and break them. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxi. 140 The little cell in which he was locked up for the night. 1891 Law Times Rep. 63 690/2 The defendant..had given distinct orders to Nunney never to lock anyone up. 1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows vi. 128 Take him upstairs, you two, and lock him up in his bedroom. 1930 Sat. Evening Post 26 July 145/1 We ran into a funny rap out there, kid. On some fool income-tax trick, they locked up seven of my best men. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 35 He'd been locked up for sleeping with a fifteen-year-old. 3. transitive (chiefly in passive). To invest or reserve (money, an asset, etc.) in such a way as to prevent it from being immediately available for use. Chiefly with in. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest > in specific way to lock up1692 to tie up1822 to plough back1912 to put back1912 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 113 If one Third of the Money imploy'd in Trade were locked up,..must not the Land-holders necessarily receive ⅓ less for their Goods. 1774 G. Colman Man of Business ii. 25 All my money is locked up: but if you should want a purchaser for the Beverley estate, on that occasion, I dare say, my friends would supply me. 1795 T. Holcroft Deserted Daughter ii. v. 22 Your money, sir, is locked up in mortgages. 1852 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) I. i. v. §9. 102 To set free a capital which would be otherwise locked up in a form useless for the support of labour. 1895 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 88 155/1 The man who locks his money up in land, and keeps that land idle..must inevitably do an injury to the community. 1913 Globe 24 Oct. 6/4 Cottage property..is an illiquid asset, and a sudden drain on a fund thus locked up might be very inconvenient. 1980 Economist 19 July 18/1 The 800,000 index-linked savers need some inducement to lock up their money for five years in an untradable asset. 2011 E. Camden Lady of Bolton Hill 45 Daniel hated being indebted to anyone, but most of his fortune was locked up in the company. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > close up (ranks or files) serry1639 to close ranks1647 to lock up1763 1763 J. Mac Intire Mil. Treat. Discipline Marine Forces 95 The front Rank kneels, the center and rear Ranks Lock up, and the rear Rank only makes ready. 1788 D. Dundas Princ. Mil. Movements 53 There are two distances of ranks, open and close;..when close, they are one pace [asunder]; and when the body is halted and to fire, they are still closer locked up. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 264 He is to take care that..the rear ranks..are well locked up. 1847 Infantry Man. 65 He will see that the rear rank locks well up. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 11 In loading what precautions are necessary? To lock close up with the front rank to prevent accident. 1901 T. F. Fremantle Bk. of Rifle 170 The man in the third rank locks up close. 1904 A. T. Quiller-Couch Fort Amity iii. 31 The rear ranks locking up. 5. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To make (something) certain, esp. victory in a competition; to secure. ΚΠ 1907 Washington Post 7 July s1/6 A home-run hit by McKenna..locked up the game for the Shoemakers and put them well on top. 1935 Frederick (Maryland) Post 21 Dec. 3/1 Baumgardner..pocketed three straight field goals to put the Buddies in front and lock up the decision. 1974 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 23 Aug. 17/4 There are many positions very unsettled... Very few of them have their jobs locked up. 1998 Network World 19 Oct. 70/2 Cisco's only competition for your dollars is a relative newcomer... Rival CEOs bristle at the suggestion that Cisco has this thing locked up. 2005 N.Y. Times 6 Jan. e7/4 CBS..has locked up the competition for total viewers. < as lemmas |
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