also latch-key, 1825, a key to draw back the latch of a door, from latch (n.) + key (n.1). Latchkey child first recorded 1944, American English, in reference to children who come home from school while both parents are at work.
雙語例句
1. On the doorstep he felt in his hip pocket for the latchkey.
他站在門口的臺階上,摸了摸后褲兜,找大門鑰匙.
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2. Someone was opening the front door with a latchkey.
有人在用門鎖鑰匙開前門.
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3. At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the hall door.
九點鐘時我聽見舅舅用鑰匙開大門的聲音.
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4. I was a so - called latchkey kid.
我曾被叫做“掛鑰匙兒童”.
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5. But the recipe is in the other trousers. O, and I forgot that latchkey too.