lock up
phrasal verblock up | lock something up
- to make a building safe by locking the doors and windows
锁好门窗 - Don't forget to lock up at night.
晚上别忘了锁好门窗。 - He locked up the shop and went home.
他锁好商店的门窗后回家了。
- Don't forget to lock up at night.
lock somebody up/away
- (informal) to put somebody in prison
把某人关进监狱
lock something up/away
- to put something in a safe place that can be locked
把…收好并锁起来 - All the valuables were safely locked away.
所有贵重物品都已妥善锁好。
- All the valuables were safely locked away.
- to put money into an investment that you cannot easily turn into cash
把（钱）搁死（成为不易兑现的资本） - Their capital is all locked up in property.
他们把所有资金都搁死在地产上了。
- Their capital is all locked up in property.