单词 | latchkey child |
释义 | latchkey child in British Englishnoun a child who has to let himself or herself in at home on returning from school, as his or her parents are out at work latchkey child in American Englishnoun a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work Also called: door-key child Word origin [1940–45; so called because such a child is provided with a key for getting into thehome after school] |
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