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Related topics: Space, Technologyˈair lock noun [countable] 1. TTWTTSa small room used for moving between two places that do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft 压差隔离室，气闸室〔出入气压不同的空间时使用的小室〕2. TAIRa small amount of air in a pipe that stops liquid flowing through it 气塞，气栓Examples from the Corpusair lock• Finally, they were let through an air lock guarded by massive metal doors into the reactor structure.• Gripping a hand rail, she waited for the door of the air lock to open.• Through the air lock she went, down the metal steps, and out on to the Moon's dusty surface.ˈair lock nounChineseSyllable that used moving small for a places room between do two Corpus |