latchkey

英 ['lætʃkiː] 美['lætʃki]
  • n. (尤指住所前门的)门锁钥匙;弹簧锁钥匙

词态变化


复数: latchkeys;

中文词源


latchkey 大门碰锁钥匙

即大门锁匙。

英英释意


1. key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door

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.

实用场景例句


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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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