latchkey child

latchkey child

美 　英

• n.（因父母双双上班放学后独自在家的）挂钥匙儿童
• 网络挂钥匙的孩子；脖子上挂钥匙的孩子；挂钥匙孩子

词形变化

单数：latchkey kid  复数：latchkey kids  复数：latchkey children  

英汉解释

n.	1. a child whose parents work and who returns from school to an empty house

例句

She says that much of her self-sufficiency derives from being a latchkey child when she was young.

她说她的自给自足的习性大多源自幼小时一段挂钥匙的儿童生活。