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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
lock/chain
see also OPEN/SHUT
- to close or fasten sth with a lock: lock sth; opposite: unlock sth
Please make sure you lock the door before you leave.
- to close sth or make sth safe with a padlock: padlock sth
- to fasten sb/sth to sth else using a chain: chain sb/sth (to sth), chain sb/sth (up)
The gate was locked and chained. ◎ Don't worry, the bikes are all chained up, so they're quite safe.
- to keep sb/sth in a room, a building, a cupboard, etc by locking the door: lock sb/sth in (sth)
Can you help me? I've locked my keys in the car.
- to keep sb out of a room or a building by locking the doors: lock sb out (of sth)
I had somehow managed to lock myself out of my house!
- to put sth away by locking it somewhere: lock sth away/up
- to open sth which is locked: open sth up
The manager opens the shop up at nine o'clock every morning.
- to lock all the doors and windows of a building: lock up
Don't forget to lock up before you leave.
- a metal ring which you put through your keys to keep them all together: keyring
- several keys together on a keyring: bunch of keys
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