英语词汇“latch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

latch

(lăch)

1. A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string.

2. A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key.

v. latched, latch·ing, latch·es

v.tr.

To close or lock with a latch.

v.intr.

1. To have or be closed with a latch.

2. To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged: a door too warped to latch.

Idiom:

latch on to/onto

1. To get hold of; obtain: latched on to a fortune in the fur trade.

2. To cling to.

[Middle English latche, from lacchen, to seize, from Old English læccan.]

单词	latch
释义	latch (lăch) n. 1. A fastening, as for a door or gate, typically consisting of a bar that fits into a notch or slot and is lifted from either side by a lever or string. 2. A spring lock, as for a door, that is opened from the outside by a key. v. latched, latch·ing, latch·es v.tr. To close or lock with a latch. v.intr. 1. To have or be closed with a latch. 2. To shut tightly so that the latch is engaged: a door too warped to latch. *Idiom:* *latch* *on to/onto*** 1. To get hold of; obtain: latched on to a fortune in the fur trade. 2. To cling to. [Middle English latche, from lacchen, to seize, from Old English læccan.]
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