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latch

noun
🔊/lætʃ/
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Idioms
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  1. a small metal bar that is used to fasten a door or a gate. You raise it to open the door and drop it to fasten it.门闩；插销
    • He lifted the latch and opened the door.他拉起门闩开了门。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She lifted the latch and went into the garden.她提起闩锁，进入花园。
    • She tried the latch, but the door wouldn't open.她试过门闩，但门没开。
  2. (especially British English) a type of lock on a door that needs a key to open it from the outside碰锁；弹簧锁
    • She listened for his key in the latch.她留神听着他把钥匙插入门锁。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginOld English læccan ‘take hold of, grasp (physically or mentally)’, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
on the latch
  1. (British English) closed but not locked关着但未锁上
    • Can you leave the door on the latch so I can get in?你别锁门好不好？我好进来。🔊🔊

latch

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they latch
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he / she / it latches
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past simple latched
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past participle latched
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-ing form latching
🔊/ˈlætʃɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. latch something to fasten something with a latch用插销插上；用碰锁锁上
    • He closed the window and latched it.他关上窗户并锁上了窗户。
    Word OriginOld English læccan ‘take hold of, grasp (physically or mentally)’, of Germanic origin.