| 单词 | under lock and key |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder lock and key P1. under lock and keyand variants: securely locked up (cf. key n.1 and adj. Phrases 1). Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > perfectly safe [phrase] > in a secure place in one's bosomc1175 under lock and keya1393 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > in confinement [phrase] in mewa1375 under keya1393 under lock and key1585 behind bars1951 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 6621 (MED) Danger..under lock and under keie, That noman mai it stele aweie, Hath al the Tresor underfonge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17411 Ioseph..ȝe lokid vnder lock and sele. 1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. ii. i. sig. Bii Althinges must be kept vnder locke and haspe. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxi. f. 154 With great care [they] kept their wyues so closely vnder lock and key. 1602 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 48 The conveiances and the evidencies..be put into a colfer under the lockes and keys. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 107 Keep close your Women, under Lock and Key: But, who shall keep those Keepers? 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IX. ii. 53/2 An exact inventory of..all the tackle of the ships, to be conveyed into the emperor's warehouse, there to be kept under lock and seal. 1796 A. Lindsay in B. Edwards Proc. Maroon Negroes 35 Until such time as these quick-silver rebels are under lock and key. 1825 J. S. Buckingham Trav. among Arab Tribes xvi. 321 All the apartments of his residence..were instantly secured with bolts and bars, and placed under lock and seal. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 62 Under lock and key, in the..store room. 1895 Idler July 749 If all were known, maybe more than one of his acts would get him under key and lock. 1937 M. Allingham Case of Late Pig viii. 55 Lumme, Inspector, I 'ope your 'elmet's under lock and key. 1967 Louisiana Hist. 8 366 During the interim all the valuables and furnishings were put under lock and seal—the wax seals of M. Sirebeau. 2009 M. Da Silva & A. Hind Ghosts of Niagara-on-the-Lake xi. 108 To townsfolk, having an adult living under lock and key seemed abnormal. < as lemmas |
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