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

• 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。
• Would you mind repeating that, I didn't quite latch on.
  你能重复一遍吗？我不太明白。
• If I could only latch on to some of your know how!
  要是我能有一点你的那种诀窍就好了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pivoting section is connected with the knob and passes through the position limitation through-hole of the loading platform and is latch locked on the backside of the loading platform.
  以及一枢转部，连接该旋钮本体并穿过该承载平台的该限位贯孔而卡扣于该承载平台的背侧。
• He's not very clever, so it took him some time to latch on.
  他不是非常聪明，所以要花他一些时间去理解。
• 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。
• 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。