| 释义 |
latch/lætʃ/ n. & v.●n. 1 a bar with a catch and lever used as a fastening for a gate etc. (门等的)闩；门闩 2 a spring-lock preventing a door from being opened from the outside without a key after being shut 撞锁，碰锁 ●v. tr. & intr. fasten or be fastened with a latch 用门闩闩上；用撞锁关上 □ latch on (often foll. by 常后跟 to) colloq. [口] 1 attach oneself (to) 使附着于… 2 understand 理解 □ on the latch fastened by the latch only, not locked 只关上而未锁上 [probably from latch ‘seize’ (now dialect) from Old English lœccan, from Germanic] |