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Latch Catch English 12285.Latch 英 Lætʃ]美 Lætʃ 释义

正面 12285.latch
英 [lætʃ]美 [lætʃ]

背面
释义:
vi. 占有,抓住;闭锁vt. 闩上;纠缠住某人n. 门闩n. (Latch)人名;(英)拉奇
例句:
1. You left the latch off the gate and the dog escaped.你没把门闩插上,所以狗跑了。

1. lock + catch => latch.2. catch => latch.
latch 门闩,插销可能来自PIE*slagw,抓住,词源同lemma,syllable,epilepsy.用于指门闩,插销。
latchlatch: see lacelatch (v.)Old English læccan "to grasp or seize," from Proto-Germanic *lakkijanan. Not found in other Germanic languages; probably from PIE *(s)lagw- "to seize" (see analemma). In its original sense the verb was paralleled in Middle English and then replaced by French import catch (v.). Meaning "to fasten with a latch" is mid-15c. Related: Latched; latching.latch (n.)a fastening for a door, etc., late 13c., probably from latch (v.)."

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