padlock
/ˈpædlɒk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpædlɑːk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈpad-ˌläk/ (ame, mw) · /ˈpæd.lɒk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpæd.lɑːk/ (ame, ipa)
padlock — 名詞
- padlocksingular
- padlocksplural
1. a small lock you can carry around, with a curved metal bar that opens on one sid
掛鎖；扣鎖
可攜帶的U型金屬鎖具
a small lock you can carry around, with a curved metal bar that opens on one side; the bar slides through a ring or a chain to hold doors, gates, suitcases, or bicycles shut.
Ishaan snapped a heavy padlock onto the garden shed before the storm arrived.
Ishaan 在暴風雨來臨前，將一個沉甸甸的掛鎖扣上了花園儲物棚。
verb + padlock + onto N (attaching pattern)
The padlock on the school gate was rusted shut, and the caretaker had to cut it off.
學校大門上的那個掛鎖已經鏽死打不開，管理員只好把它剪斷。
the padlock on + noun (location frame)
Jiwoo always carries a small combination padlock for her hostel locker.
Jiwoo 在青年旅館使用置物櫃時，總是隨身帶著一個小型密碼掛鎖。
Tourists fasten love padlocks to the bridge railing and throw the key into the river.
遊客把愛情同心鎖（掛鎖）扣在橋的欄杆上，再把鑰匙丟進河裡。
Hamza forgot the combination for his padlock and had to call a locksmith.
Hamza 忘了自己掛鎖的密碼，只好打電話請鎖匠來開。
- lock
general term; a 'lock' can be built-in or portable, while a padlock is always the removable, U-bar kind.
- combination lock
any lock opened by a code; often a padlock but not always.
文法句型
a padlock on N
with a padlock
用法筆記
Countable; you say a padlock, two padlocks. Typically takes 'on' for the thing it secures (a padlock on the gate) and 'to' for what it is attached to (chained to a railing). Distinguish from a built-in 'lock' on a door, which is fitted into the door itself rather than being removable.
常見錯誤
padlock — 動詞
- padlockpresent simple I / you / we / they
- padlocks3rd person singular
- padlocking-ing form
- padlockedpast simple
1. to close a door, gate, or other object by clipping a padlock onto it, so nobody
用掛鎖鎖住
以掛鎖將門、車或物品扣牢
to close a door, gate, or other object by clipping a padlock onto it, so nobody can open the object again without the right key or code; often used in the passive when reporting closures.
Nora padlocked the cellar door before driving up to the cabin for the weekend.
Nora 在開車前往山中小屋度週末之前，先用掛鎖鎖好地下室的門。
padlock + direct object (door / gate / shed)
The factory gates were padlocked overnight after a string of break-ins last month.
上個月發生一連串闖空門事件後，工廠的大門在夜間都會被掛鎖鎖上。
passive: be padlocked
Tuan padlocked his bicycle to the lamp post outside the library.
Tuan 在圖書館外面用掛鎖把自己的腳踏車鎖在路燈柱上。
Council workers padlocked the abandoned warehouse to keep children from wandering inside.
市府人員把那間廢棄倉庫用掛鎖鎖起來，以免孩子們跑進去玩。
文法句型
padlock + N
be padlocked
padlock N to N
用法筆記
Transitive only; the direct object is the thing being secured (door, gate, bicycle, suitcase). Frequently passive when reporting closures ('the shop was padlocked'). For attaching one thing to another, follow the object with 'to' (padlock the bike to the railing).