Padlock

(noun.) a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut.

(verb.) fasten with a padlock.

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• Where could a key be a safeguard, or a padlock a barrier? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The barman put the boat in a little slip in the stone wall and locked it with a chain and padlock. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Something resembling a bar of iron, and a padlock painted blue on the black shield. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I had rented a small shop in Newark, on the top floor of a padlock factory, by the month. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Closing the door and fastening it with a padlock, Venn set off towards Blooms-End. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• If I had not been here, they would have treated your portfolio as they have done your desk; but I told them it was padlocked. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But it is padlocked; he has the key. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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