lock

serrure, cadenas

Mécanisme qui empêche d'ouvrir une porte ou un contenant sans la bonne clé ou le bon code.

En anglais simple : A device on a door or container that keeps it closed until the right key or code is used.

• The door has a strong lock.
• I turned the key in the lock.
• Have you changed the locks?

Expressions courantes : door lock, broken lock, lock and key, combination lock

écluse

Partie d'un canal fermée par des portes, où le niveau d'eau change pour faire monter ou descendre les bateaux.

En anglais simple : A part of a canal with gates where water rises or falls to move boats between different levels.

• The boat entered the lock.
• Water rose inside the lock chamber.
• We passed through three locks before reaching the river.

Expressions courantes : canal lock, through the lock

mèche, boucle

Petite touffe de cheveux ou de laine.

En anglais simple : A small bunch or length of hair or wool.

• A lock of hair covered her eye.
• He saved a lock of his mother's hair.
• Golden locks fell around the child's face.

Comment l'utiliser : lock of something (She kept a lock of her baby's hair.)

Synonymes : strand, tress

Expressions courantes : lock of hair, golden lock, dark lock

verrouiller, fermer à clé

Fermer une porte ou un autre objet avec une clé ou un code pour empêcher son ouverture.

En anglais simple : To secure a door or other object with a key or code so it cannot be opened.

• Please lock the door.
• She locked her bicycle to the fence.
• Did you lock the car?

Comment l'utiliser : lock something to something (He locked his bicycle to a railing.)

Synonymes : secure

Contraires : unlock

Expressions courantes : lock the door, lock a car, lock something up

se bloquer

Rester bloqué dans une position et ne plus pouvoir bouger.

En anglais simple : To become fixed in one position and stop moving.

• The wheels locked on the wet road.
• The mechanism locks when you press this button.
• Both chair legs locked into position.

Comment l'utiliser : lock into position (The legs lock into position when you unfold the table.)

Synonymes : jam, seize

Expressions courantes : wheels lock, lock in place

pouvoir se fermer à clé

Pouvoir être fermé et sécurisé avec une clé, un code ou un dispositif semblable.

En anglais simple : To be able to be secured with a key, code, or similar device.

• This drawer locks with a key.
• Does the bathroom door lock?
• The new windows lock from inside.

Comment l'utiliser : lock with something (The cupboard locks with a small key.); lock from inside/outside (The door locks from the inside.)

Expressions courantes : lock with something, lock from inside