单词 | latchkey child |
释义 | latchkey childnouna 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. Origin of latchkey childFirst recorded in 1940–45; so called because such a child is provided with a key for getting into the home after school Words nearby latchkey childlatch, latchet, latch hook, latching, latchkey, latchkey child, latch needle, latch on, latch onto, latchstring, late Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for latchkey childlatchkey child nouna child who has to let himself or herself in at home on returning from school, as his or her parents are out at work Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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