English Dictionary

lock up

verb

(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone). / (transitive) To invest in something long term. / (intransitive) To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely.

Don't forget to lock up before you leave.

意味（1）

(transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).

In 1970, a new era of “getting tough” on young offenders really began to gather momentum with the incoming Conservative government. The number of juveniles locked up each year increased by 500% between 1965 and 1980.

意味（2）

(transitive) To invest in something long term.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To close all doors and windows (of a place) securely.

意味（4）

(intransitive, computing) To cease responding; to freeze.

When I press this button, the program locks up.

意味（5）

(transitive, computing) To cause (a program) to cease responding or to freeze.

If your password contains a particular string of letters, entering it can lock up the login form.

意味（6）

(intransitive, mechanics) To stop moving; to seize.

意味（7）

(of a wheel) To stop spinning due to excessive braking torque.

意味（8）

To lose one's forward momentum; to freeze.

意味（9）

(intransitive, motor racing) To (mistakenly) cause or have one of one's wheels to lock up (stop spinning).

Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left.

意味（10）

(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in an uphill direction.