英语词汇“unlock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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unlock

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	unlock
	he, she, it	unlocks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	unlocked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have unlocked
	he, she, it	has unlocked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had unlocked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will unlock
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have unlocked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am unlocking
	he, she, it	is unlocking
	you, we, they	are unlocking
Past	I, he, she, it	was unlocking
	you, we, they	were unlocking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been unlocking
	he, she, it	has been unlocking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been unlocking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be unlocking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been unlocking

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

''Come and see'', Jo said, unlocking a huge iron gate.
Unlock the door! We can't get out!
Which of these keys unlocks the safe?

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Half way along he unlocked a garage and let the door slide up to reveal a newish Range Rover.
His tall house loomed over him as he unlocked the front door.
I unlocked the door of the apartment and found that Edusha was still awake.
I began working at Canary Wharf alongside the river, working in all sorts of media in order to unlock certain ideas.
Rockhart says that the critical-success factor approach aims to unlock the manager's implicitly held model of success.
You unlock the front door of your house.

THESAURUS► open

used about a door, window, container, package, letter, your eyes, or your mouth: · I opened the door quietly.· She was nervous about opening the letter.· Open your mouth wide.

► unlock

to open a door, drawer, box etc with a key: · You need a key to unlock the safe.

► unscrew

to open a lid on a bottle, container etc by turning it: · I carefully unscrewed the lid of the jar.

► force open

to open a drawer, window, cupboard etc using force: · The door was locked so we had to force it open.

► unwrap

to open a package by removing the paper that covers it: · The children were busy unwrapping their Christmas presents.

► unfasten/undo

to make something no longer fastened or tied, for example a seat belt or a piece of clothing: · He unfastened the top button of his shirt.· I was so full I had to undo my belt.

Longman Language Activatorto open a door, window, box etc► open

· It's very hot in here. Do you mind if I open the window?· The drawer's locked - you need a key to open it.open something wide · He opened the door wide, and gestured for me to come in.

► unlock

to turn the a key in the lock on a door, drawer, cupboard etc so that you can open it: · Unlock the door! We can't get out!· Which of these keys unlocks the safe?· "Come and see", Jo said, unlocking a huge iron gate.

► force open

to open a drawer, window, cupboard etc by using force, often with a tool: force something/it open: · The door's stuck - we'll have to force it open.force open something: · The burglars had forced open the window with an iron bar.· It looked as though the shed had been forced open.

► break open

to open a container by using force, so that it is damaged: break open something: · We managed to break open the crate with an axe.break something/it/them open: · There's no key for the suitcase - we'll have to break it open.· Gulls carry shellfish into the air, then drop them onto hard surfaces to break them open.

► prise open

British /pry open American to open something by forcing one part of it away from the other part, using a tool: prise something/it/them open: · All the flats were boarded up, but we managed to prise a few boards open.prise open something: · Laura leaned forward to pry open the crate.prise the lid off (=remove the lid to open it): · I picked up the coffee tin and, using a knife, prised the lid off.

► try

to try to open a door or window in order to see if it is locked: · I knocked, then tried the door. It was open, but the room was empty.· I went around the back to try the windows, but they were all locked.

► break down

to completely break a locked door in order to get into a room or building: break down something: · Firemen had to break the door down.break something/it down: · Open the door now or we'll break it down!

► wind down/roll down

British to open a car window, especially by turning a handle: wind/roll down something: · The driver wound down his window and asked us the way to the stadium.wind/roll something down: · Mom, will you roll your window down a little please?

► open up

spoken use this to tell someone to open a door: · Open up - it's the police!

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► lock/unlock the door

· I locked the door and turned out the lights.

► a key unlocks/opens something

· The largest key unlocks the front door.

► unlock/unleash somebody’s potential

(=allow them to succeed as well as they can)· Training is a way of unlocking the potential of the workforce.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► car

· He unlocked the car, clicked off the interior light and pushed her across to the passenger seat.· He unlocked the car door for me.· He unlocked the car door, holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks.· On the forecourt he unlocked the car and threw the diaries across on to the passenger seat before sliding in behind the wheel.· He unlocked his car door, opened it, slid with difficulty behind the wheel, closed the door.· He fumbled for a kiss as she unlocked the car but she twisted her cheek away.

► door

· The door was unlocked when we arrived.· This is a man, after all, who leaves his car keys in the front seat with the doors unlocked.· This time both Arabs got out and the back doors were unlocked.· He located the key on the top of the door frame, unlocked, and turned on the light.· The door was unlocked, so we opened it and went in.· The concerns are real, and doing nothing is analogous to leaving a door unlocked in a high-crime neighborhood.· He listens to me explaining that the front door was unlocked.· I thought I could just leave the door unlocked after having pretended to lock it.

► gate

· They unlocked this gate and thrust me through it, locked it behind me.· He only could unlock the gate Of heaven, and let us in.· To enter this sanctuary of green, Karim Alameddine unlocks a white iron gate.· Mr Frost's nearly always there, and if he is, he unlocks the gates and lets us in.· I went out through the main entrance and saw the watchman unlocking the gates.

► key

· It is merely a key which unlocks a door.· There are no keys to unlock doors.· The symbol is the key used to unlock a life experience that is related to the goal of the session.· That court keeps the key which unlocks the estate.

► mystery

· For the song of the suffering servant helps unlock the mystery that defies logic.· If I succeed it will unlock a lot of the mystery of what's been done on Titron.· Within minutes detectives, a police surgeon and her family arrived to begin the task of unlocking the mystery of her disappearance.

► secret

· I unlocked the secret, so to speak.

VERB► find

· They must find a way to unlock the defence other than by simply launching men head first into oblivion.· I went to the humidor one day and found it unlocked.· Then I could find the house and unlock the front door and go in and everything.· Only once he found an unlocked door.

► leave

· The lavatories also had a birthday, and Dad left ours unlocked with plenty of fresh newspaper on the nail.· The concerns are real, and doing nothing is analogous to leaving a door unlocked in a high-crime neighborhood.· I can't leave it unlocked.· I thought I could just leave the door unlocked after having pretended to lock it.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► unlock the secrets/mysteries of something

Scientists succeeded in unlocking the secrets to polio's cause.