| 单词 | latch onto somebody/something |
| 释义 | latch onto somebody/somethinglatch onto somebody/something (also latch on to somebody/something) phrasal verbphr v informal a) INTERESTEDto become very interested in something 对某人/某事深感兴趣 Don’t just latch on to the latest management fads. 不要只顾着追逐最新出现的时髦管理理念。 b) ATTENTIONto follow someone and keep trying to talk to them, get their attention etc, especially when they would prefer to be left alone 缠住某人不放 He latched onto Sandy at the party and wouldn’t go away. 在派对上他缠住桑迪不放。 c) to hold tightly to something with your hand, mouth etc 紧抓；紧咬 a baby latching on to its mother’s breast 紧紧咬住母亲乳头的婴儿 Examples from the Corpus latch onto • And you have to latch on to something, some admirable qualities they have.• Even Starbucks has latched on to the trend, adding a drive-through window at a store last month.• He'd been in line for it this year until these two monkeys had latched on to him.• I latched on to her like my lifeline.• Many have thus latched on to Oakeshott's use of tradition to identify him as a Burkean conservative.• She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it.• The industry is betting that consumers will latch on to the idea.• These are probably latched on to by carp when digging for food. → latch onto somebody/something at latch2(2) |
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