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    A locket is a small piece of jewellery on a chain around the neck. The special part is the tiny metal case: it opens, and you can put a little photo, a lock of hair, or another inside, then close it again.

    A locket是locket(盒式墜飾) is a small piece of jewellery on a chain around the neck是掛在脖子鍊子上的一小件珠寶 The special part is the tiny metal case特別的地方在於那個小小的金屬盒 it opens它可以打開 and you can put a little photo, a lock of hair, or another keepsake inside你可以把一張小照片、一撮頭髮或其他紀念物放進去 then close it again然後再把它關起來

    It is more private than a plain pendant, which is only a shape that hangs and does not open.

    It is more private than a plain pendant它比一般的pendant(垂墜飾)更私密 which is only a shape that hangs and does not open那種東西只是掛著的形狀,不會打開

    Lockets feel old-fashioned to some younger people, and precious to others — a grandmother’s gift, a sweetheart’s picture — but jewellers still sell them. Though actually, people also wear lockets just because they like the look, with nothing inside.

    Lockets feel old-fashioned to some younger people對一些年輕人來說lockets感覺有點老派 and precious to others而對另一些人來說很珍貴 a grandmother's gift, a sweetheart's picture像是祖母的禮物、心上人的照片 but jewellers still sell them但珠寶商仍然在賣它們 Though actually不過其實 people also wear lockets just because they like the look人們也會純粹因為喜歡它的外型而戴locket with nothing inside裡面什麼都沒放

    The word is not lock, and it is not locker; those are different things that happen to sit next to it in the dictionary.

    The word is not lock這個字不是lock and it is not locker也不是locker those are different things that happen to sit next to it in the dictionary那些是剛好在字典裡排在它旁邊的不同單字

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組成From French loquet, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman loc, from Old English loc — the same root as lock.

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  • locksame Old English root; a locket is a little closing case

原始詞典資料4 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。

Locketname

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    A surname transferred from the given name.

locketnoun/ˈlɒkɪt/

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    A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.

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    archaicThe upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.

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    A small white marking on a cat's coat.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。