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单词 double lock
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Definition of double lock in English:

double lock

noun
  • A type of spring lock which may be used as a deadlock by an extra turn of the key.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The house came with locks for all the windows and double locks for the doors.
    • To get through a lock took the best part of 5 minutes and at double locks it took 8 minutes.
    • His latest invention has a double lock using one nine-levers lock and one seven-levers lock which secure the side and top of the safe door.
    • Slowly, I reached out to shut off the ringer on the phone, then went to the door and made sure that all the deadbolts and double locks were securely in place.
    • Only I'd forgotten his door had one of those ridiculous double locks with a combination, and I couldn't open it.
    • I'm thinking double locks for the front door, maybe stocking up on beer and snacks in case martial law is declared.
    • Karl set his toolbox down beside the huge apparatus and flipped the double locks open.
    • After the original theft, he had double locks fitted to the aviaries, but this time the thieves virtually ripped the hinges off to reach the birds.
    • He has bought a letter-box guard for £35 and now double locks his front door at night.
    • Thieves broke into my 80-year-old husband's shed last Thursday and cleaned out all the electrical items - despite double locks on the door.
verb
  • with object Fasten (a door) with two locks, or with a double lock.

    don't forget to double-lock Wayne's door
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then I went to the shed, picked up a house brick, smashed the glass on the back door, rejoiced that for once it wasn't double-locked and let myself in.
    • Then they heard him enter his apartment, slam and double-lock his door.
    • After double-locking the door behind her, you vow to start driving - being around the public is even more of a risk than road traffic accidents.
    • ‘I've been so afraid since the explosions that I tell my children to double-lock the doors when they go home alone,’ Lotfi said.
    • ‘The front door is double-locked,’ I said in a reassuring tone.
    • Patio doors leading into the back gardens from homes are double-locked, says Terry, and gates leading to alleys can be locked too.
    • But we are also abandoning red meat, drinking bottled water, double-locking our doors at night and sending our kids out with a crash helmet when they're pedalling the trike around the lawn.
    • If not, Ruth had better double lock the doors, as George is likely to show up to bang on them again in a big rage.
    • By analogy, when I double lock my front door at night it is not because I believe that my house will be burgled if I do not - even though, as it happens, I do live in a high crime area.
    • But the moment the tabloid hack entered, Robby quickly double-locked the door behind him.
    • Their doors aren't just closed; they are bolted shut and double-locked, with tiny cracks allowing only for notes to be slipped through.
    • The prospector rumbled about a trunk, closing the lid and double-locking it.
    • The door is double-locked, with chains and bolts, because behind it lies all manner of secrets.
    • When he is gone she double locks the door and puts the chain on.
    • He also claims the arresting officer continued to tighten the handcuffs and double-locked them even after he had complained they were hurting him.
 
 

Definition of double lock in US English:

double lock

nounˌdəbəl ˈläk
  • A type of spring lock that may be used as a deadbolt by an extra turn of the key.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only I'd forgotten his door had one of those ridiculous double locks with a combination, and I couldn't open it.
    • His latest invention has a double lock using one nine-levers lock and one seven-levers lock which secure the side and top of the safe door.
    • Karl set his toolbox down beside the huge apparatus and flipped the double locks open.
    • To get through a lock took the best part of 5 minutes and at double locks it took 8 minutes.
    • Slowly, I reached out to shut off the ringer on the phone, then went to the door and made sure that all the deadbolts and double locks were securely in place.
    • Thieves broke into my 80-year-old husband's shed last Thursday and cleaned out all the electrical items - despite double locks on the door.
    • I'm thinking double locks for the front door, maybe stocking up on beer and snacks in case martial law is declared.
    • After the original theft, he had double locks fitted to the aviaries, but this time the thieves virtually ripped the hinges off to reach the birds.
    • The house came with locks for all the windows and double locks for the doors.
    • He has bought a letter-box guard for £35 and now double locks his front door at night.
verbˌdəbəl ˈläk
double-lock
  • with object Fasten (a door) with two locks, or with a double lock.

    don't forget to double-lock Wayne's door
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After double-locking the door behind her, you vow to start driving - being around the public is even more of a risk than road traffic accidents.
    • By analogy, when I double lock my front door at night it is not because I believe that my house will be burgled if I do not - even though, as it happens, I do live in a high crime area.
    • When he is gone she double locks the door and puts the chain on.
    • He also claims the arresting officer continued to tighten the handcuffs and double-locked them even after he had complained they were hurting him.
    • The prospector rumbled about a trunk, closing the lid and double-locking it.
    • Then I went to the shed, picked up a house brick, smashed the glass on the back door, rejoiced that for once it wasn't double-locked and let myself in.
    • Then they heard him enter his apartment, slam and double-lock his door.
    • ‘The front door is double-locked,’ I said in a reassuring tone.
    • Patio doors leading into the back gardens from homes are double-locked, says Terry, and gates leading to alleys can be locked too.
    • The door is double-locked, with chains and bolts, because behind it lies all manner of secrets.
    • Their doors aren't just closed; they are bolted shut and double-locked, with tiny cracks allowing only for notes to be slipped through.
    • But the moment the tabloid hack entered, Robby quickly double-locked the door behind him.
    • ‘I've been so afraid since the explosions that I tell my children to double-lock the doors when they go home alone,’ Lotfi said.
    • But we are also abandoning red meat, drinking bottled water, double-locking our doors at night and sending our kids out with a crash helmet when they're pedalling the trike around the lawn.
    • If not, Ruth had better double lock the doors, as George is likely to show up to bang on them again in a big rage.
 
 
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