"latchkey" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈɫætʃˌki

LATCH-kee

UK

ˈlætʃki

LATCH-kee

释义

A latchkey is a key that opens the main door of a house or apartment. The term is also used in 'latchkey child', meaning a child who returns home to an empty house because their parents are at work.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈɫætʃˌki

英式英语

ˈlætʃki

简化发音

美式

LATCH-kee

英式

LATCH-kee

语境中听

I forgot my latchkey and had to wait outside.

He keeps his latchkey in his backpack.

She is a latchkey child because her parents work late.

When I was a kid, being a latchkey child meant eating snacks alone after school.