latched

柯林斯詞典

latch /l?t?/ (latching,latched,latches)

• 1. N-COUNT A latch is a fastening on a door or gate. It consists of a metal bar which you lift in order to open the door. 門閂

  You left the latch off the gate and the dog escaped. 你沒插門閂，狗跑了。

• 2. N-COUNT A latch is a lock on a door which locks automatically when you shut the door, so that you need a key in order to open it from the outside. 彈簧鎖

  ...a key clicked in the latch of the front door. …鈅匙在前門的彈簧鎖裡發(fā)出哢噠的聲響。

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