单词 | thumb-latch |
释义 | > as lemmasthumb-latch thumb-latch n. ΚΠ 1761 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1912) XLVIII. 96 Hinges, thumb latches, hammers. 1801 P. A. Nemnich Waaren-Lexikon ii. 686/2 Thumb latches, Thürklinken mit einem Drücker. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 167 The outer-door provided with a good thumb-latch, and lock and key. 1883 G. J. Romanes Mental Evol. Animals xx. 351 (note) A cat which jumps at a thumb-latch, and while holding on to the curved handle beneath with one foreleg, depresses the thumb-piece with the other. < as lemmas |
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