A hasp is a flat piece of metal, usually on a hinge, that you fold over a loop to shut a door, a lid, a chest, or a gate. Often you then push a padlock through the loop so the hasp cannot be lifted.

A hasp isHasp是 a flat piece of metal一片扁平的金屬片, usually on a hinge通常裝在鉸鏈上, that you fold over a loop你把它翻過去扣住一個環 to shut a door, a lid, a chest, or a gate用來關上門、蓋子、箱子，或大門。Often you then push a padlock through the loop接著你通常會把掛鎖穿過那個環 so the hasp cannot be lifted這樣hasp就無法被掀開。

You see hasps on old wooden chests, garden sheds, toolboxes, and barn doors — quiet hardware-shop English, not slang and not emotional. It is not the lock itself; it is the metal flap that works with the lock.

You see hasps你會在 on old wooden chests, garden sheds, toolboxes, and barn doors舊木箱、花園小屋、工具箱，和穀倉門上 — quiet hardware-shop English看到hasp——這是五金行裡不起眼的字, not slang and not emotional不是俚語，也沒有感情色彩。It is not the lock itself它不是鎖本身; it is the metal flap而是那片跟鎖一起運作 that works with the lock的金屬扣片。

There is also a verb, to hasp, meaning to fasten something with a hasp, but the noun is the sense you will meet most. People who do not work with tools may go their whole lives without saying the word, then need it the day a shed door will not stay shut.

There is also a verb還有一個動詞形式, to hasp就是to hasp, meaning to fasten something with a hasp意思是用hasp把東西扣起來, but the noun is the sense you will meet most不過名詞才是你最常遇到的用法。People who do not work with tools不做工具活的人 may go their whole lives without saying the word可能一輩子都不會說到這個字, then need it the day然後偏偏在某天需要用到 a shed door will not stay shut就是小屋的門關不上的那天。