latch on

英 [lætʃ ɒn]

美 [lætʃ ɑːn]

缠住（或抓住）…不放; 对…产生浓厚兴趣; 依附（于）; 附着（于）

英英释义

verb

• understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  1. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
  Synonym:catch onget wiseget ontotumblecotton ontwigget it
• adopt
  1. take up new ideas
  Synonym:take upfasten onhook onseize on
• take hold of or attach to
  1. The biochip latches onto the genes

双语例句

• You're aware that you're having thoughts, but you don't latch on to them and start actively "thinking" about them.
  你会认识到，你有想法，但是你却不会去倾听他们并开始积极地为他们着想。
• Latch on to some very valuable books.
  搞到几本极有价值的书。
• There is a latch mechanism on knee, and the support leg could be upstanding.
  膝关节是被动关节，具有锁紧机构。
• Humans tend to latch on to one specific piece of information when making decisions, in this case the habits of the actor.
  人类往往抓住某一特有的信息就认定一个结论。在此调查中，这个特有的信息这就是演员所表现出来的习性。
• A key for raising or drawing back a latch ( especially on an outside door).
  能够抬高或拉回门插销的钥匙，通常用在外门上。
• Reaching down, he unfastened the latch on the gate
  他伸手打开了门闩。
• New earning power and potential that retailers are hoping to latch on to.
  商人们希望能把握住这股新购买力与潜在的市场。
• He always latch on to me when he see me at a party.
  他在聚会上一看见我就总是缠著我。
• Inevitably, given the scale of the task, Prof Kay does not have a single eye-catching prescription to latch on to.
  不可避免的是，由于讨论的命题过于宏大，凯未能给出一个抓人眼球的解决方案。
• The infant finds it difficult to latch on to the nipple, and the baby can be smothered.
  婴儿难以吸住乳头，而且他们可能会窒息。