N a lock that is enclosed in a wooden case 门外锁
He sold the business lock, stock and barrel.
他把生意全盘卖掉了。
They received a verbal offer to buy the company lock, stock and barrel.
他们收到全盘收购公司的口头承诺。
1:In the old days the bell Telephone Company became the biggest in the world by buying up a lot of local phone companies, lock, stock and barrel and merging them into one giant corporation.
他说:Bell电话公司当初收购了许多地方电话公司,把这些小公司统统合并成一家庞大的企业,Bell公司这才跃居世界首位。 Bell公司一古脑儿地网罗了那些小公司,以成为规模巨大的企业,所以这里的 lock, stock and barrel 显然解释“统统地、一古脑儿地。”
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