英语词汇“nightlatch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. A fastening for a door or gate, so contrived as to admit of its being opened from the outside. It now usually consists of a small bar which falls or slides into a catch, and is lifted or drawn by means of a thumb-lever, string, etc. passed through the door. Now also, a small kind of spring-lock for a front-door (more fully night-latch) which is opened from the outside by means of a key. on the latch: (said of a door) fastened with a latch only; so off the latch, unlatched, ajar. Also with qualifying word, as dead-latch, night-latch, spring-latch.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > latch-lock > latch

latch1331

clicket1342

snecket1611

click1714

snick1775

snib1825

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [phrase] > of a door: closed with a latch

on the latch1765

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [phrase] > partly open (of doors, etc.)

on (upon) the jar1674

off the latch1842

off the sneck1897

1331 [implied in: Act 5 Edw. III c. 14 Roberdesmen, Wastours & Draghlacche. (at draw-latch n. 2)].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. v. 6 The lach of my dore I openede to my lemman.

a1400 Pistill of Susan 229 To þe ȝate ȝapely they ȝedyn..And he left up þe lacche.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. st. 732 And breke up bothe lok and lache.

c1440 Partonope 5440 Vp she nome The lacch of the dore and in she come.

1520 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for a lache and a cache and a stapylle ijd.

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. iii. sig. Ciii^v Take heede Cocke, pull in the latche.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 438 If euer henceforth, thou These rurall Latches, to his entrance open.

1624–5 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 180 A cache and a Lache for the Church gate.

1637 T. Heywood Royall King iii. sig. F3 Pray draw the latch, sir.

1765 J. Wesley Jrnl. 25 May The door [is] only on the latch.

1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iii. 54 For want of a latch, the gate..was tied.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 39 The door was off the latch; they peep'd, and saw The boy set up betwixt his grandsire's knees.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 102 To thee it [sc. the thought of death] is not So much even as the lifting of a latch.

1885 W. Black White Heather ii The outer door is on the latch, thieves being unheard of in this remote neighbourhood.

单词	nightlatch
释义	> as lemmas night-latch 2. A fastening for a door or gate, so contrived as to admit of its being opened from the outside. It now usually consists of a small bar which falls or slides into a catch, and is lifted or drawn by means of a thumb-lever, string, etc. passed through the door. Now also, a small kind of spring-lock for a front-door (more fully night-latch) which is opened from the outside by means of a key. on the latch: (said of a door) fastened with a latch only; so off the latch, unlatched, ajar. Also with qualifying word, as dead-latch, night-latch, spring-latch. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > latch-lock > latch latch1331 clicket1342 snecket1611 click1714 snick1775 snib1825 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [phrase] > of a door: closed with a latch on the latch1765 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [phrase] > partly open (of doors, etc.) on (upon) the jar1674 off the latch1842 off the sneck1897 1331 [implied in: Act 5 Edw. III c. 14 Roberdesmen, Wastours & Draghlacche. (at draw-latch n. 2)]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Song of Sol. v. 6 The lach of my dore I openede to my lemman. a1400 Pistill of Susan 229 To þe ȝate ȝapely they ȝedyn..And he left up þe lacche. c1420 Chron. Vilod. st. 732 And breke up bothe lok and lache. c1440 Partonope 5440 Vp she nome The lacch of the dore and in she come. 1520 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for a lache and a cache and a stapylle ijd. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iii. iii. sig. Ciii^v Take heede Cocke, pull in the latche. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 438 If euer henceforth, thou These rurall Latches, to his entrance open. View more context for this quotation 1624–5 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 180 A cache and a Lache for the Church gate. 1637 T. Heywood Royall King iii. sig. F3 Pray draw the latch, sir. 1765 J. Wesley Jrnl. 25 May The door [is] only on the latch. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek iii. 54 For want of a latch, the gate..was tied. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 39 The door was off the latch; they peep'd, and saw The boy set up betwixt his grandsire's knees. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 102 To thee it [sc. the thought of death] is not So much even as the lifting of a latch. 1885 W. Black White Heather ii The outer door is on the latch, thieves being unheard of in this remote neighbourhood. extracted from latchn.¹ night-latch night-latch n. ΚΠ 1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell II. iii. vi. 169 Turning the key with a wary hand, and dropping a strong night-latch, he returned. 1993 Pract. Householder Sept. 2/1 Nearly 30% of households have just a nightlatch on their front door, despite repeated warnings that burglars can easily open this type of lock. extracted from nightn.int. < as lemmas
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