latchkey

latchkey

美 [ˈlætʃˌki] 　英 [ˈlætʃˌkiː]

• n.（房屋等前门或大门的）碰锁钥匙
• 网络闩锁钥匙；碰簧锁钥匙；弹簧锁钥匙

词形变化

复数：latchkeys  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.

1. 闩锁钥匙

英英解释

n.	1. the key for opening the lock of an outer door from the outside

例句

He was a latchkey kid - he let himself in after school and waited for his parents to get home.

他是个钥匙儿童——他下课后自己进去然后等他父母回家。

Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey .

这时有人用钥匙打开了前门。

The movie is a poignant study of latchkey children trying establish a fragile community in a corrupt, crime-ridden environment.

本片是对父母不在身边的儿童试图在腐败而罪恶的环境建立脆弱社区的深刻研究。

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。

She won't interfere with you any more; your independence is achieved and you have won your latchkey.

她再与也不会干涉你了，你有了独立自主权，你已经有了你自己出入大门的钥匙。

We were the first to be raised in record numbers in daycare, and some 40% of us were latchkey kids.

我们是第一批在幼儿园长大的孩子，我们中间40%的人钥匙儿（即回家时空无一人的儿童）。

When the parents both work at the restaurant for long hours, their kids generally become latchkey children.

当父母两人都在餐馆长时间的工作时，他们的孩子放学后都要自己开门回家。

At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the hall door.

九点钟时我听到叔父用弹簧钥匙开门厅。

Growing up, my brother and I were often left to our own devices, members of the giant flock of migrant latchkey kids in the 1970s and '80s.

在成长过程中，我和弟弟经常要自己照顾自己，属于脖子上挂着钥匙、居无定所的儿童，在20世纪70年代和80年代，这种孩子的数量相当庞大。