Latch

latch



Y

閂;門閂;窗閂

抓住;佔有;理解



D



–noun 

1. a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc. 

–verb (used with object) 

2. to close or fasten with a latch. 

–verb (used without object)

3. to close tightly so that the latch is secured: The door won't latch.  



—Verb phrases

4. latch on, 

a. to grab or hold on, as to an object or idea, esp. tightly or tenaciously. 

b. to include or add in; attach: If we latch the tax on, the bill will come to over $100.  

 

5. latch onto, Informal. 

a. to take possession of; obtain; get. 

b. to acquire understanding of; comprehend. 

c. to attach oneself to; join in with: The stray dog latched onto the children and wouldn't go home. 

 



　

Chris Klein was 21 and had been plucked from high school obscurity for Alexander Payne's Election. Hollywood immediately latched on to him casting him in several projects including American Pie, Rollerball and We Were Soldiers over the following few years.



　

Given Greenaway's enduring exploration of images both as independent identities and bridges to other realms, it's unsurprising that he's latched on to a painting like "The Night Watch," not just because it's the best-known example of his beloved Dutch Golden Age, but also thanks to the composition's seemingly inscrutable action.





see inscrutable



apprehension 

allude