lock-in

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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アメリカ英語 アイルランド英語 イギリス英語

(US) A sleepover party, usually held in a public place such as a church or school, in which the participants are not allowed to leave until the next morning.

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Our school's annual lock-in at the gym featured games, movies, and strict rules that kept everyone inside until morning.

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意味（1）

(US) A sleepover party, usually held in a public place such as a church or school, in which the participants are not allowed to leave until the next morning.

The youth group will have their annual lock-in this weekend.

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意味（2）

(UK, Ireland) An illegal but widely-tolerated invitation-only gathering in a British pub, after the end of licensing hours, to allow regular customers the opportunity to enjoy further drinking time.

He was a lunatic drunk and started sing songs that lasted into the early hours of the morning and resulted in many weekend lock-ins in the village pub.

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意味（3）

(law) A situation in which members of an industry have agreed to adopt a certain standard and have retooled their production to meet this standard, thus making it very costly to change to a different standard.

意味（4）

(finance) The situation where an investor cannot trade without incurring an undesirable penalty such as taxation.

lock-ins （ plural ）