under lock and key
基本解释
- 妥善锁藏着;锁起来
英汉例句
- I keep a lot of things under lock and key - most foodstuffs, cleaning materials, the hamster.
我把家里的很多东西都锁起来---大多数是食品,洗涤用的东西,还有我们养的仓鼠。 - For they, according to Fisher, tend to keep their emotions under lock and key, while I’m much more of a die-hard romantic.
因为根据费雪理论,这种类型的人往往将自己的情绪暗藏深锁起来,而我却是一个崇尚浪漫的人。 - 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.
实际上,您应该把证明锁起来再放上警卫(真正的人!) ,通过严格控制的机制传递钥匙。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
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.