lock up

phrasal verb

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lock up | lock something up

to make a building safe by locking the doors and windows鎖好門窗
- Don't forget to lock up at night.晚上别忘了鎖好門窗。
- He locked up the shop and went home.他鎖好商店的門窗後回家了。
Topics Crime and punishmentc1

lock somebody up/away

(informal) to put somebody in prison把某人關進監獄 related noun lock-upTopics Crime and punishmentc2

lock something up/away

to put something in a safe place that can be locked把…收好並鎖起來
- All the valuables were safely locked away.所有貴重物品都已妥善鎖好。
to put money into an investment that you cannot easily turn into cash把（錢）擱死（成爲不易兌現的資本）
- Their capital is all locked up in property.他們把所有資金都擱死在地産上了。

lock-up

adjective

/ˈlɒk ʌp/

/ˈlɑːk ʌp/

[only before noun] (British English)

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(of a garage) separate from other buildings and rented to somebody（店主不住在内的）小商店；（不和其他建築物相連供出租的）車庫
(of a shop) small and not lived in by the owner（店主不住在内的）小商店；（不和其他建築物相連供出租的）車庫

noun

/ˈlɒk ʌp/

/ˈlɑːk ʌp/

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a small prison where prisoners are kept for a short time拘留所；（短期關押犯人的）監獄Topics Crime and punishmentc2
(British English) a small shop that the owner does not live in; a garage that is usually separate from other buildings and that is rented to somebody（店主不住在内的）小商店；（不和其他建築物相連供出租的）車庫

lock up phrasal verb
⇨ jail

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