The lid was held down by big latches; to my child's eye they looked like the latches on a giant's lunchbox.

箱子盖用大闩子闩住；我小时候觉得那锁闩大得好比巨人饭盒上用的。

Ray went out, leaving the door on the latch.

【latch】雷出去了，把门合上但没锁。

A bird searching for worms in the mould of the flower-beds sounded like her hand on the latch of the gate.

一只小鸟在花坛泥土中找虫子吃的声音像是她的手在拉栅栏门的门闩。

As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.

由于邻居们对狗叫很有意见，所以我丈夫花了几个星期的时间训练它用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来。

Veroshka said nothing, but when Boris reached the old house, she was already standing at the door, with her hand on the latch, as if she feared she might be driven away.

韦罗什卡什么也没说， 但当鲍里斯到达老房子时， 她已经站在门口， 手放在门闩上， 好像生怕自己会被赶走似的。

She stood still a moment, her hand on the latch of the nearest door, and he had only just time to follow her before she vanished. Dark, smoke-stained reception rooms adjoined the hall.

她一动不动地站了一会儿，手放在最近那扇门的门闩上，他刚好赶上她，她就消失了。大厅旁边是黑烟熏黑的接待室。

Something stirred in the porch; and, moving nearer, I distinguished a tall man dressed in dark clothes, with dark face and hair. He leant against the side, and held his fingers on the latch as if intending to open for himself.

在门廊里有个什么东西在动。而且，正在走近，我看出是个高高的人，穿着黑衣服，有张黑黑的脸，还有黑头发。他斜靠在屋边，手指握着门闩，好像打算自己要开门似的。