英语词汇“to be a lock”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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to be a lock

24. colloquial (originally U.S. Sport). An absolute certainty; a ‘sure thing’. Chiefly in to be a lock. Cf. to have (also get, keep, etc.) a lock on (something) at Phrases 11.

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1929 Washington Post 27 Sept. 17/7 The second number, a 6-furlong sprint for maiden 2-year-olds, also looks like a lock for the Whitney establishment.

1941 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 30 Sept. 12/6 Red Grange's selections for games of Oct. 4:... Virginia over Yale. It's a lock.

1967 M. Braly On the Yard ii. 24 ‘Well, we ain't gunna have no such worry for a while anyway.’ ‘That's a lock.’

1989 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 14 Sept. b1/1 Oakland and San Francisco are virtual locks to win their divisions.

2014 Canberra Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Feb. a20 Cate Blanchett was a lock for a best actress Oscar for Blue Jasmine.

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单词	to be a lock
释义	> as lemmas to be a lock 24. colloquial (originally U.S. Sport). An absolute certainty; a ‘sure thing’. Chiefly in to be a lock. Cf. to have (also get, keep, etc.) a lock on (something) at Phrases 11. ΚΠ 1929 Washington Post 27 Sept. 17/7 The second number, a 6-furlong sprint for maiden 2-year-olds, also looks like a lock for the Whitney establishment. 1941 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 30 Sept. 12/6 Red Grange's selections for games of Oct. 4:... Virginia over Yale. It's a lock. 1967 M. Braly On the Yard ii. 24 ‘Well, we ain't gunna have no such worry for a while anyway.’ ‘That's a lock.’ 1989 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 14 Sept. b1/1 Oakland and San Francisco are virtual locks to win their divisions. 2014 Canberra Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Feb. a20 Cate Blanchett was a lock for a best actress Oscar for Blue Jasmine. extracted from lockn.² < as lemmas
随便看	to throw in one's fortune with to throw in one's hand to throw in one's interest with to throw in one's lot with to throw in one's marble to throw in one's teeth to throw in teeth to throw in the melting pot to throw in the towel to throw in way to throw in with to throw into fits to throw into gear to throw into relief to throw into the melting pot to throw its tongue to throw light on to throw light upon to throw money about to throw money at to throw mud to throw off to throw off his or her bias to throw off the scent to throw off the yoke