"lock" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

lock verbo

lock + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 30
lock eyes • lock one's arms • lock horns • lock the door • lock one's hands • ...
verbo + lock
Kolokacji: 8
find locked • keep locked • start locking • avoid locking • remember locking • ...
lock + preposición
Kolokacji: 37
lock up • locked into • lock down • lock behind • lock onto • lock out • ...
lock + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 35
locked away • locked together • securely locked • automatically lock • locked tight • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(3) securely, tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) automatically, mechanically
Kolokacji: 2
(5) tight, carefully
Kolokacji: 2
(6) open, actually
Kolokacji: 2
(7) permanently, temporarily
Kolokacji: 2
(8) simply, literally
Kolokacji: 2
(9) quickly, suddenly, promptly
Kolokacji: 3
(10) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
1. immediately locked = natychmiast zamknąć na klucz immediately locked
2. instantly lock = natychmiast zamek instantly lock
  • As expected, the video cameras locked instantly onto the children's faces and stayed there throughout much of the briefing, which was turned over largely to the students' questions.
  • It unfolded, wrapping round Gren's left arm, its fibres instantly locking to increase the grip.
  • While Saltash continued to talk, he watched Margot enter the reception line and turn her face for a moment toward the refreshment area, instantly locking gazes with him.
  • These devices can instantly lock the differential on all four tires, creating intense traction over extreme terrain.
  • Hardly was The Shadow on the stairs before a figure shot up to meet him head on, locking instantly into a grapple that was a thing of fury!
  • Her eyes locked instantly on his.
  • She is not fazed by the sensitivity of the murder, and instantly locks horns with Alec, and threatens to expose his shadowy past about the former case in which he failed the family of the victim.
  • When her shoulder hit on something, she almost screamed, but the thought of losing her breath instantly locked her throat shut even tighter.
  • Both front seats have belt tensioners that instantly lock the occupants in place if an accident occurs.
  • But most of his mind locked instantly into the fundamental problem of staying alive.

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