Latch
[ lætʃ ]
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n. 门闩;弹簧锁;
vt.& vi. 闩上;用碰锁锁上（门等）;抓住，占有;
📝 例句
He lifted the latch and opened the door.
他拉起门闩开了门。
🌱 联想助记
【记】lat-late晚,ch-拼音“吃”:吃得比较晚,是因为门闩栓上了!
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🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
latch
n
1 fastening for a gate or door, consisting of a bar that is lifted from its catch, groove, hole, etc by a lever 门闩.
2 spring lock on a door that catches when the door is closed, and that needs a key to open it from the outside 碰锁; 弹簧锁. =>illus 见插图.
3 (idm 习语) on the `latch (esp of a door) closed but not locked （尤指门）关著但没上锁. latch, v
1 [I, Tn] be fastened or fasten (sth) with a latch 用门闩闩牢或用弹簧锁锁住（某物）
This door won't latch properly. 这门闩不牢.
Please latch the front gate when you leave. 走时请把大门的碰锁锁好.
2 (phr v) latch on (to sth) (infml 口) understand an idea, sth said, etc 理解某想法、 说的话等
He's a bit slow but in the end he latches on. 他有点迟钝, 但毕竟还能理解.
I haven't really latched on to what you mean could you explain it again? 我没有真正明白你的意思--能不能再解释一下? latch on to sb (infml 口) become sb's constant (and often unwelcome) companion 总与某人在一起（常为不受欢迎者）; 纠缠住某人
He always latches on to me when he sees me at a party. 他在聚会上一看见我就总是缠著我.
🔁 扩展释义
*[lætʃ]n. 门闩vi. 上闩, 抓住, 占有vt. 闩上【计】 门闩线路; 锁存器
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I believe we should buy the smaller one.
我认为我们应该买较小的机子。
We want to give some money to this project so that the number of this deer in China can be increased.
我们想在这个项目上花些钱，以便使这些麋鹿的数量在中国得到增加。
It took a very long time to carve a page for a book.
刻一页书要花费的时间太长。