lock學測 L3KK [ˈlɑk] ｜ /ˈlɑk/
鎖；門鎖·上鎖；鎖住·關住；囚禁·卡死；不能動·卡入；扣合·水閘；船閘
義項多元易混淆，動詞名詞都常考
The door locked shut with a click, and everyone outside was left in the rain.
門喀嗒一聲鎖上，把外頭的人都留在雨中。
一個畫面：插銷卡進凹槽
插銷入槽門閂滑入凹槽，卡住不動
拼圖卡合兩個零件緊密相扣，合而為一
水閘升降閘門開合，調節水位讓船通行
義項
轉鑰開鎖A2noun鎖；門鎖
Sarah turned the key in the lock and opened the front door of her house.
莎拉轉動鎖裡的鑰匙，打開了她家的大門。
a door lockturn the key in the lock
上鎖鎖車A2verb上鎖；鎖住
She always locks her car before leaving it in the parking lot.
她把車停在停車場前總會先上鎖。
lock the carlock the door
關入籠中A2verb關住；囚禁
The zoo locks the tigers in a big cage every night.
動物園每晚都把老虎關在大籠子裡。
locked in a cagelocked in a room
齒輪卡死A2verb卡死；不能動
The old bike's wheel locked and would not turn.
那台舊腳踏車的輪子卡死了，轉不動。
locked upthe gears locked
拼圖卡合B1verb卡入；扣合
The two puzzle pieces locked into place.
這兩片拼圖卡進了正確的位置。
lock into placelocked together
水閘升船B1noun水閘；船閘
The boat waited in the lock as water slowly rose to lift it to the higher part of the canal.
船停在水閘中等候，水位緩緩上升，將它抬升到運河較高的河段。
the lock gatespass through a lock
片語
lock the door上鎖關門 →把門鎖起來
lock up全面上鎖 →把場所整個鎖好
under lock and key重重上鎖 →被嚴密鎖住保管
lock eyes with目光鎖定 →兩人視線緊緊相對
lock horns with兩角相抵 →與對方正面衝突對抗
lock in place卡定不動 →牢牢固定住不動
你會不會這樣說？
The old bike's wheel ___ and would not turn. (locked / rocked)
看答案
locked
lock 指卡死不動，rock 指搖動；兩字拼法相近但意思不同。
'The zoo locks the tigers in a big cage every night.' 這裡的 lock 最接近哪個意思？(A) 上鎖 (B) 關住使其無法逃脫 (C) 卡死不能動
看答案
(B)
此句描述把老虎關住無法離開，對應「關住；囚禁」義項而非單純上鎖。
字族
locker 儲物櫃；置物櫃・unlock 解鎖；打開・locksmith 鎖匠