Word
lockups
（地方警察局的）拘留所；看守所
lockups is the plural of lockup.
a jail in a local police station
- 1.
A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
车辆的一个或多个车轮因制动力矩过大而突然停止转动,导致受影响车轮打滑的状态
- 2.
A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
系统停止响应输入的状态；死机。
- 3.
A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
包含一个或多个徽标及可能相关文本的固定布局
车辆的一个或多个车轮因制动力矩过大而突然停止转动,导致受影响车轮打滑的状态；系统停止响应输入的状态；死机。；包含一个或多个徽标及可能相关文本的固定布局；关门时间；拘留所
In use
The suspect spent the night in a police lockup before the court hearing.
They keep drunk drivers in the local lockup until they sober up.
Visitors are not allowed inside the lockup for safety reasons.
in the lockup
lockup 是可数名词，指具体的一间拘留室；这里用 the 特指某个警察局的拘留所。
The suspect was held in the lockup overnight.
嫌疑人被关在拘留所里过了一夜。
a/the lockup at/in + place
lockup 后可接 at 或 in 加地点；复数形式为 lockups。
There is a lockup at the local police station.
当地警察局有一个拘留所。
Common mistakes
The police lockup the suspect overnight.
Connections
Collocations
- police lockup
- 警察局拘留所
- He spent the night in the police lockup before his court appearance.他在出庭前在警察局拘留所待了一夜。
- county lockup
- 县看守所
- The county lockup holds prisoners awaiting trial.县看守所关押着等待审判的囚犯。
- lockup cell
- 拘留室
- The suspect was placed in a lockup cell at the station.嫌疑人被关在警察局的拘留室里。
- in a lockup
- 在拘留所里
- He woke up in a lockup after the bar fight.酒吧斗殴后，他在拘留所里醒来。
- lockup facility
- 拘留设施
- The new lockup facility can hold sixty detainees.新的拘留设施可关押六十名被拘留者。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象警察把嫌疑人“锁起来”(lock up)关进拘留所，lockup就是“锁起人来的地方”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：police stations、news reports about arrests “lockup”表示“地方警察局的拘留所”时属非正式（口语）用法，多用于日常交谈或新闻报道；正式书面或法律文件中通常改用“jail”或“detention center”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -up 结尾，末音节都是不重读的 /ʌp/，但它们与 lockup /ˈlɒkʌp/ 不押韵，因为重读元音不同：pickup /ɪ/、backup /æ/、checkup 和 setup /e/、cleanup /iː/、markup /ɑː/。只有重读部分为 /ɒkʌp/ 的词（如短语 stock up）才与 lockup 押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.