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

• 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。
• Reaching down, he unfastened the latch on the gate
  他伸手打开了门闩。
• 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。
• Place a slide lock or hook-and-eye latch hign on the door, out of child's reach.
  一套钩或滑锁和门闩凯眼睛的门，走出儿童接触。
• 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。
• Would you mind repeating that, I didn't quite latch on.
  你能重复一遍吗？我不太明白。
• 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。
• She'll soon latch on to what is happening.
  她很快就会理解发生了什么。
• 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。
• 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。