latch

掛け金をかける

扉や門を閉め、掛け金などで開かないように留める。

やさしい英語で： To close a door or gate and secure it with a small bar or similar fastening.

• Please latch the gate.
• She latched the door before going upstairs.
• Did you remember to latch the window?

使い方： latch something shut (Please latch the garden gate shut.)

類義語： fasten, secure

反対語： unlatch

よく使う表現： latch the gate, latch the door, latch something shut

掛け金、留め金

扉や門を閉じたまま保ち、持ち上げると開けられる小さな棒状の部品。

やさしい英語で： A small bar that holds a door or gate closed and can be lifted to open it.

• Lift the latch to open the gate.
• The door latch clicked into place.
• We replaced the broken latches on both windows.

類義語： catch

よく使う表現： door latch, gate latch, lift the latch

ラッチ、ラッチ回路

信号を保存し、制御信号が有効な間は値を変えられる電子回路。

やさしい英語で： An electronic circuit that stores a signal and can change while its control signal stays active.

• The latch stores one bit.
• This latch changes its output while the enable signal is active.
• The engineer added two latches to the circuit.

よく使う表現： digital latch, data latch, latch circuit