under lock and key
基本解释
- 妥善鎖藏著;鎖起來
英汉例句
- I keep a lot of things under lock and key - most foodstuffs, cleaning materials, the hamster.
我把家裡的很多東西都鎖起來---大多數是食品,洗滌用的東西,還有我們養的倉鼠。 - For they, according to Fisher, tend to keep their emotions under lock and key, while I’m much more of a die-hard romantic.
因爲根據費雪理論,這種類型的人往往將自己的情緒暗藏深鎖起來,而我卻是一個崇尚浪漫的人。 - In practice, you should place the certifier under lock and key and may even put a guard (an actual person!) in charge of handing out the key via a very controlled mechanism.
實際上,您應該把証明鎖起來再放上警衛(真正的人!) ,通過嚴格控制的機制傳遞鈅匙。 - The former partners tried to keep Cawley's new claims under lock and key at the courthouse.
FORBES: Magazine Article - In its quarterly Inflation Report it signalled that the door remains under lock and key.
ECONOMIST: The Bank is in no hurry to raise the price of money - Some publish their maps on the Internet, while others, like Greenwich, keep them under lock and key.
NPR: Security Officials Seek to Block Some Online Maps
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- locked away safely
- If a person, especially a criminal, is under lock and key, they are being kept in a place from which they cannot escape, usually a prison.