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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Would you mind repeating that, I didn't quite latch on.
  你能重复一遍吗？我不太明白。
• The repairman installed an iron latch on the door.
  修理工在门上安了铁门闩。
• 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。
• 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。
• No humans are traveling aboard the Dragon, but six astronauts are already at the$ 100-billion space lab to help the capsule latch on, to unload supplies and then restock the capsule with cargo to take back to Earth.
  没有人乘坐龙飞船出行，但造价达1000亿美元的太空实验室中已经有六名宇航员，他们会帮忙接收飞船、卸下供给物，并将要带回地球的东西装进太空船。
• 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。