Slacken
['slæk(ə)n] or ['slækən]
解释:
(verb.) make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.
(verb.) become looser or slack; 'the rope slackened'.
录入:诺兰--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.
(a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
(a.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.
(a.) To abate; to become less violent.
(a.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
(a.) To languish; to fail; to flag.
(a.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
(v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
(v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.
(v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
(v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
(v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
(n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
埃斯特尔校对
同义词及近义词:
v. n. [1]. Slack, abate, become less intense.[2]. Become loose or slack, be made less tight or tense.
v. a. [1]. Retard, slack, moderate, make slower.[2]. Loosen, relax, make less tight or tense, lessen the tension of.[3]. Lessen, diminish, abate.
杰罗姆录入
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Loosen, abate, withhold, remit, languish, flag, moderate
ANT:Tighten, increase, freshen
阿尔塔编辑
例句:
- It was a sign of his good disposition that he did not slacken at all in his intention of carrying out Dorothea's design of the cottages. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Wait till things slacken, before you try the open, even for foreign air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- At that point I slackened my pace and proceeded cautiously, but I saw no one, and heard no voices. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- When they slackened again, Mr. Bambridge said-- Not but what the roan was a better trotter than yours. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Don't hold me so faSt. I slackened my grasp, and she darted off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I hailed her, but could get no answer; yet I found I gained upon her, for the wind slackened. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- A hurry of voices succeeded, in which Mr Inspector's voice was busiest; it gradually slackened and sank; and Mr Inspector reappeared. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Still two or three miles short of the Lock, he slackened his pace then, but went steadily on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He said to Rosamond, as they slackened their pace-- Rosy, did Mary tell you that Mrs. Waule had said anything about me? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Intently over her shoulder, without slackening speed, she looked ahead for the driving face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- On your business, my dear,' replied the Jew, glancing uneasily at his companion, and slackening his pace as he spoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Most of its money-mills were slackening sail, or had left off grinding for the day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Meanwhile the chaise proceeded, without any slackening of pace, towards the conclusion of the stage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Whenever criticism slackens, whenever we sink into acquiescence, the mind swerves aside and clings with the gratitude of the weary to some fixed idea. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
加勒特录入