interlock

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
    — The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.
动词 v.
  1. To fit or clasp together securely. ambitransitive
  2. To interlace.

词形变化

interlocks present,singular,third-person interlocking participle,present interlocked participle,past interlocked past interlocks plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der.
Proto-Germanic *luką
Proto-West Germanic *lok
Old English loc
Middle English lok
English lock
English interlock
From inter- + lock.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der.
Proto-Germanic *luką
Proto-West Germanic *lok
Old English loc
Middle English lok
English lock
English interlock
From inter- + lock.
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