unlockとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈlɒk/
• 韻: -ɒk

動詞

unlock (三人称単数 現在形 unlocks, 現在分詞 unlocking, 過去形および過去分詞形 unlocked)

1. (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

   I unlocked the door and walked in.

2. (transitive) To obtain access to something.

   I unlocked the dictionary article so I could edit it.

   This computer game is shareware, but you can pay for a code to unlock the full version.

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

   • 2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:

     The combination of the new station and road improvements is expected to unlock up to 14,000 new homes, with the council saying no more than 2,500 homes can be built at Beaulieu and north east Chelmsford without the station.

3. (transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
4. (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.

   The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery.

   • 2022 April 14, Rupert Neate, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for more than $40bn”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it.

5. (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:

     He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

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   • 2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Electrification key to decarbonisation”, in Rail, page 16:

     He also warned of the supply chain issues, stating: "Don't pretend you're going to unlock half a dozen [electrification] schemes simultaneously because you'll probably flood the supply chain, we don't have the capacity."