单词 | dead lock |
释义 | dead lockdead-lockn. 1. A condition or situation in which it is impossible to proceed or act; a complete stand-still. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement standinga1398 stay1525 stand1584 consistence1598 still-stand1600 station1603 standstilla1646 dead lock1781 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse checkmatec1440 blank1542 nonplus1582 noncome1600 choke1674 dead lock1781 impasse1851 no go1870 standoff1876 gridlock1981 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic 111 I have them all at a dead lock! for every one of them is afraid to let go first. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 6 Jan. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) 1 In Newgate Street, there was such a number of market-carts, that we almost came to a dead-lock with some of them. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. v. 60 It often happens that one party has a majority in the Senate, another party in the House, and then..a deadlock results. 2. An ordinary lock which opens and shuts only with a key, as opposed to a spring lock; sometimes, locally, a padlock. [dead adj. 24b] ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > other types of lock inlock1488 treble lock1680 French lock1787 ringlock1789 thumb-lock1801 bar-lock1828 permutation lock1835 check-lock1850 pin lock1851 time lock1858 garret-lock1860 dead lock1866 seal-lock1871 dead-latch1874 Bramah-lock1875 cylinder lock1878 police lock1910 ziplock1956 solenoid lock1976 D-lock1990 1866 S. Timmins Industr. Hist. Birmingham 87 Dead locks are those which have only one large bolt, worked by the key. Derivatives ˈdead-ˌlock v. (transitive) to bring to a deadlock or stand-still; intransitive, to come to a deadlock. ΚΠ 1892 N.Y. Nation 4 Aug. 81/2 They..have deadlocked the Legislature. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Nov. 6 The Legislature would have deadlocked over the vote had not Gov. Odell come to his rescue. ˈdeadlocked adj. brought to a deadlock. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > completely stuck or at an impasse stalec1470 blank1542 enterprised1560 nonplus1589 bogged1605 nonplussed1606 blanked1611 stymied1862 deadlocked1880 stalemated1903 banjaxed1939 snookered1961 gridlock1983 1880 Daily Tel. 17 Feb. An entire population is dead~locked through no fault of its own. 1897 Rev. of Reviews (N.Y. ed.) Jan. 10/2 Mr. Cleveland makes it perfectly plain that the struggle going on in Cuba is a useless and ruinous one,—a deadlocked situation. 1931 F. Buck & E. Anthony Bring 'em back Alive 297 For several seconds we remained deadlocked, the animal making a perfect bedlam of the mess-room with his cries of rage. 1968 Guardian 24 Oct. 9/5 The deadlocked Vietnam peace talks. ˈdeadˌlocking n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse > fact or condition of being stuck or at impasse sticking1564 set1613 dead set1806 nonplussation1833 stickfast1835 deadlocking1882 jib1893 constipation1917 1882 N.Y. Tribune 3 May The disgraceful deadlocking which the session of 1882 has witnessed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1781 |
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