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latchkey

英 ['lætʃkiː] 美 ['lætʃki]

解释

n. （尤指住所前门的）门锁钥匙；弹簧锁钥匙

※ 提供单词"latchkey"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

latchkey 大门碰锁钥匙

即大门锁匙。

英文词源

latchkey: also latch-key, 1825, a key to draw back the latch of a door, from latch (n.) + key (n.1). Latchkey child first recorded 1944, American English, in reference to children who come home from school while both parents are at work.

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例句和用法

1. On the doorstep he felt in his hip pocket for the latchkey.: 他站在门口的台阶上,摸了摸后裤兜,找大门钥匙.

2. Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey.: 有人在用门锁钥匙开前门.

3. At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the hall door.: 九点钟时我听见舅舅用钥匙开大门的声音.

4. I was a so - called latchkey kid.: 我曾被叫做“挂钥匙儿童”.

5. But the recipe is in the other trousers. O, and I forgot that latchkey too.: 哎呀,处方在另外那条裤子里哪, 而且那把大门钥匙我也忘记带了.