"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
1. securely locked = dobrze zamknięty na klucz securely locked
2. tightly locked = mocno zamknięty na klucz tightly locked
  • But always, when the moon is full, I keep my patients tightly locked away at night.
  • His left hand was still tightly locked on the crown.
  • And his arms locked tightly around her little golden waist.
  • The right hand was tightly locked around the handle of his briefcase.
  • He tried the door to the parcels office, but it seemed to be locked tightly.
  • The doors had been locked on them by the driver and the windows tightly closed.
  • This time he woke in the freezing night to find her arm locked tightly around him.
  • The rationality that opened her mind to so many things kept it tightly locked to this.
  • It was tightly locked now - on the inside!
  • Farrow had taken pains to keep the place locked tightly.
3. firmly locked = stanowczo zamknąć na klucz firmly locked
(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

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