lockup
意味一覧 (2件)
施錠、閉鎖
解説 Definition
建物・店・門などを鍵で閉め、使用できない状態にすることを指す名詞です。営業時間後や夜間管理、警備手順の文脈で使われ、鍵をかける行為や閉鎖状態そのものに焦点があります。
Lockup is a noun that refers to the act of locking a building, shop, gate, or similar place so that it cannot be used or entered. It is often used in contexts such as closing time, night security, or routine safety procedures. The word can also describe the locked state itself after everything has been secured.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lock は「鍵をかける」、up は「すっかり終える・閉じ込める」感じを足す語です。lock up は動詞句で「鍵をかけて閉める」、名詞 lockup はその行為や状態として考えると覚えやすいです。after lockup、nightly lockup、lockup procedure のように、店・建物・施設を閉める場面でよく出ます。lockdown は行動制限の「封鎖状態」、locker は物を入れる箱。また lockup には「留置所」という別義もあるので、文脈の対象が建物の施錠か人の拘束かを見ます。
Think of lock as "put a key on it" and up as "completely" or "finished." The phrasal verb lock up means to close and secure a place, and the noun lockup is the act or result of doing that. It often appears in phrases like after lockup, nightly lockup, and lockup procedure. Be careful not to confuse it with lockdown, which is a wider state of restriction, or with the other meaning of lockup, "a jail cell or holding place."
例文
The manager checked every door during the nightly lockup.
店長は夜の施錠の際にすべてのドアを確認した。
Please add the back gate to the lockup procedure.
裏門も施錠手順に加えてください。
After the lockup, the building remained closed until morning.
施錠後、その建物は朝まで閉鎖されたままだった。
留置所
(意味 2)解説 Definition
警察に連行された容疑者が短期間留置される施設です。逮捕後、裁判前に被疑者を保持する警察の拘置所を指します。
A lockup is a small jail or holding place where people are kept for a short time, usually by the police. It is used in legal and police contexts rather than everyday conversation. In some cases, the word can have other meanings, but this is the common one here.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この意味の lockup は「人を一時的に閉じ込めておく場所」として覚えます。lock は「鍵をかける」、up は「中に入れたまま終える」感じなので、警察が容疑者を短時間留める小さな施設へ意味が広がります。the local lockup、spend the night in lockup、be taken to the lockup のような形で出やすいです。これは lockup の「施錠、閉鎖」という基本義とは別の、警察・逮捕の文脈に限られやすい用法です。jail より口語的・小規模な響きがあります。
Start from the phrase `lock up`, which means to shut someone in. Then `lockup` is the place where someone is locked up. Phrases like `put him in lockup` or `spend a night in lockup` make the meaning easy to remember. Do not confuse it with `locker` or `lockdown`.
例文
The suspect was taken to the lockup after his arrest.
その容疑者は逮捕後に留置場に連れていかれました。
The lockup held several prisoners awaiting trial.
その留置場は裁判を待つ数人の囚人を拘置していました。
He spent the night in the local lockup.
彼はその夜を地元の留置場で過ごしました。
lockup の語源・成り立ち Etymology
句動詞 lock up「鍵をかけて閉める」からできた名詞です。lock は古英語 loc に由来し、up は動作の完了を強め、完全に閉じる発想につながります。
Lockup comes from the phrasal verb lock up, meaning to fasten something with a lock and close it completely. Lock goes back to Old English loc, and up adds the idea of completion, giving the sense of closing something fully and securely.
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