| 单词 | to lock and load |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lock and load P3. to lock and load: (a) to prepare a firearm for firing by pulling back and ‘locking’ the bolt and loading the ammunition (frequently in imperative, as an order); (b) figurative to ready oneself for action or confrontation. ΚΠ 1940 N.Y. Times 19 Nov. 12/3 Lieut. Col. Joseph T. Hart, range officer, boomed through his microphone, ‘Lock and Load’. 1983 R. B. Parker Love & Glory x. 59 ‘Lock and load,’ one of the range cadre yelled. ‘One round ball ammunition.’ 1990 Snow Boarder Sept. 49/1 He was locked and loaded in the starting gate, completely focused and obviously amped for his final run. 1996 Cardozo Stud. Law & Lit. 8 135 One legitimate response to the legal situation he describes is to ‘lock and load’. 2003 Financial Times 27 Dec. 2/1 This was the year when the grey suits of institutional investing took up the cry of ‘lock and load’ as they prepared to do battle with the dark forces of boardroom ineptitude and excess. 2006 Daily Tel. 21 June 13/1 National Guard troops arrived..armed, locked and loaded and prepared. < as lemmas |
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