| 单词 | to lock down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lock down to lock down Originally North American. extracted from lockv.1 1. transitive (frequently in passive). To confine all of the prisoners of (a prison, cell block, etc.) to cells for an extended period of time, usually as a security measure following a disturbance; to confine (a prisoner) to a cell in this way. Cf. lockdown n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] beloukOE loukOE sparc1175 pena1200 bepen?c1225 pind?c1225 prison?c1225 spearc1300 stopc1315 restraina1325 aclosec1350 forbara1375 reclosea1382 ward1390 enclose1393 locka1400 reclusea1400 pinc1400 sparc1430 hamperc1440 umbecastc1440 murea1450 penda1450 mew?c1450 to shut inc1460 encharter1484 to shut up1490 bara1500 hedge1549 hema1552 impound1562 strain1566 chamber1568 to lock up1568 coop1570 incarcerate1575 cage1577 mew1581 kennel1582 coop1583 encagea1586 pound1589 imprisonc1595 encloister1596 button1598 immure1598 seclude1598 uplock1600 stow1602 confine1603 jail1604 hearse1608 bail1609 hasp1620 cub1621 secure1621 incarcera1653 fasten1658 to keep up1673 nun1753 mope1765 quarantine1804 peg1824 penfold1851 encoop1867 oubliette1884 jigger1887 corral1890 maroon1904 to bang up1950 to lock down1971 1971 Los Angeles Times 6 Sept. 14/1 Corrections officers would lock down the entire prison..as they contended with the forces against them on both sides of the wall. 1973 Prison Law Reporter June 376/2 Prisoners may be ‘locked down’, meaning they are locked up in a barred cell for twenty-four hours a day. 1983 R. Morris Devil's Butcher Shop ii. 27 Prisoners under suspicion of planning a takeover were ‘locked down’ in maximum-security segregation. 2006 Evening Gaz. (Middlesbrough) (Nexis) 6 Dec. 2 A Teesside prison was locked down yesterday when suspicious items were found near its wall. More than 900 prisoners..were kept in their cells. 2. transitive. To contain, confine, shut off, or otherwise restrict access to (a place or thing), usually for security purposes or as a public health measure. Cf. lockdown n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) steeka1250 shut1340 to shut in1390 spear1445 seclude1451 to shut up1530 mure1550 block1630 lock1773 to lock up1824 seal1931 to sew up1962 to lock down1980 1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 Oct. 13/3 If that should happen, Mr. Seaga has declared, his party and its associated Bustamante Industrial Trade Union would ‘lock down the country’. 1993 D. Coyle Hardball iv. iii. 176 Many buildings, the Castle among them, were not locked down. 1996 PC Week 5 Aug. 21/3 The software will lock down a contaminated file so the virus won't spread. 2004 Daily Tel. 5 May 13/5 Organisers plan to ‘lock down’ all sites at the beginning of July, sweep them for bombs and then reopen them only for Olympic events. 2020 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Apr. Toilet paper is not the only essential item shoppers stocked up on after states started locking down businesses to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in mid-March. < as lemmas |
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