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

• Latch on to some very valuable books.
  搞到几本极有价值的书。
• But others say the ultimate sell signal is when the media latch on to a story.
  但其他人认为最终的抛售信号是当媒体开始将其编入专题的时候。
• It took me ages to latch on to what she was talking about.
  我花了很长时间才明白她在说什么。
• Japanese retail investors tend to latch on to investment themes.
  日本散户投资者往往对投资题材十分关注。
• As Mr. Mannion says, most such A-list dinosaurs were discovered in North America in the late 19th century or early 20th century and had some of the earliest quality mounted specimens, which quickly gave them a latch on the public imagination.
  正如曼尼恩所说，大部分这类重要恐龙都是19世纪末20世纪初在北美发现的，并被做成第一批优质标本架标本，很快俘获公众的想象。
• Reaching down, he unfastened the latch on the gate
  他伸手打开了门闩。
• Analysis is done to the impact of the three transitional curves of the exterior of the needle latch on the performance of the loop forming of needles. Theoretical foundation is provided for the transitional banana shaped exterior curve.
  分析了织针针舌外侧三类过渡曲线对织针成圈性能的影响，为香蕉形针舌外侧过渡曲线提供了理论依据。
• 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。
• A limit latch is placed inside the upper part of the lock body, and a hanger column corresponding to the limit latch is placed on one side of the rotary disc of the rotary claw.
  在所述的锁体上部内设有限位挂钩，在转动卡爪的转盘一侧设有与限位挂钩对应的挂柱；
• Elected officials should latch on to the advice of the National Commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, as an exhausted swimmer to a lifebuoy.
  当选官员应当听取国家财政责任和改革委员会（nationalcommissiononfiscalresponsibilityandreform）的建议，就像筋疲力尽的游泳者听从救生员的建议一样。