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A deadbolt is a strong lock on a door. Inside it is a solid metal bar, the bolt, that slides into the door frame when you turn a key or a small . The spring lock that clicks when you pull a door shut is easier to push back; a deadbolt does not spring. You have to turn it, and then it sits there, which is why it is harder to kick the door in. That is the “dead” part: not “broken,” and not “someone died,” but “not springy — fully thrown and still.” Many front doors have both a light latch and a deadbolt; people who care about safety turn the deadbolt at night. You can also use it as a verb: to deadbolt the door. It is ordinary home English, a little technical if you are in a lock shop, not slang.
輔助鎖(門上那把實心插銷鎖;店裡常這樣叫,不一定說英文)
組成From dead + bolt. Bolt is the metal bar. Dead here means the bar does not spring back — you have to turn it, and it stays put.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
deadboltnoun/ˈdɛdˌboʊ̯lt/
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The part of the lock which is moved when the key is engaged.
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A kind of lock in which the bolt (moving portion) is held in position by the cylinder rather than by a spring and so cannot be retracted except by turning the cylinder.
deadboltverb/ˈdɛdˌboʊ̯lt/
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To fasten or secure with a deadbolt.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。