Loose
[luːs] or [lus]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; 'loose gravel' .
(adj.) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; 'a loose ball' .
(adj.) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; 'loose clothing'; 'the large shoes were very loose' .
(adj.) not carefully arranged in a package; 'a box of loose nails' .
(adj.) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; 'an open texture'; 'a loose weave' .
(adj.) not tense or taut; 'the old man's skin hung loose and grey'; 'slack and wrinkled skin'; 'slack sails'; 'a slack rope' .
(adv.) without restraint; 'cows in India are running loose'.
桃乐茜編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
(superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
(superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
(superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
(superl.) Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
(superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
(superl.) Unconnected; rambling.
(superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
(superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
(superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
(n.) Freedom from restraint.
(n.) A letting go; discharge.
(a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
(a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
(a.) To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
(a.) To solve; to interpret.
(v. i.) To set sail.
校對:玛克辛
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Unfasten, untie, unbind, unloose, CAST OFF.[2]. Release, liberate, free, set free.[3]. Detach, disconnect, disengage.
a. [1]. Unbound, untied, not fastened, not confined.[2]. Movable, not fast, not fixed.[3]. Slack, relaxed, not tense, not tight.[4]. Open, not close, not compact, not dense.[5]. Prolix, rambling, not concise.[6]. Vague, indefinite, indistinct, indeterminate, ill-defined, not precise, not exact.[7]. Lax in the bowels, not costive.[8]. Immoral, dissolute, WANTON, unchaste, of lax morals.
科尔校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Unbound, detached, flowing, scattered, sparse, incompact, vague, inexact,rambling, dissolute, licentious
ANT:Bound, tied, fastened, tight, moored, lashed, secured, thick, close, dense,compact, pointed, accurate, exact, consecutive, strict, logical, scientific,conscientious
SYN:Untie, unfasten, let
ANT:Tie, fasten, hold, retain
手打:卡尔
解釋/意思:
adj. slack free: unbound: not confined: not compact: indefinite: vague: not strict: unrestrained: lax in principle: licentious: inattentive.—adj. Loose′-bod′ied flowing.—n. Loose′-kir′tle a wanton.—adv. Loose′ly.—ns. Loos′ener a laxative; Loose′ness the state of being loose: diarrhœa.—Loose box a part of a stable where horses are kept untied.—Break loose to escape from confinement; Give a loose to to give free vent to; Let loose to set at liberty.
v.t. to free from any fastening: to release: to relax: (Spens.) to solve.—v.i. (B.) to set sail.—v.t. Loos′en to make loose: to relax anything tied or rigid: to make less dense; to open as the bowels.—v.i. to become loose: to become less tight.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I shook her loose--the mystery! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a d?mon, whose delight is in death and wretchedness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- What's let loose upon us? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The movements of the enemy may justify, or even make it your imperative duty, to cut loose from your base, and strike for the interior to aid Sherman. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Next a mad zitidar was loosed among the remaining dogs, and so it went throughout the long, hot, horrible day. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- He carried the child over, and before the timid arm was loosed from his neck asked her for a kiss. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Someone has loosed the dog. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- After a silence, she loosed him, to dry her eyes and regain her strong quiet influence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But why would you return to face again the fierce banth, or whatever other form of destruction they have loosed within that awful trap? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Never was a more undisguised schemer, a franker, looser intriguer. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Her black hair was looser now than either of them had ever seen it before, and surrounded her brow like a forest. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
校對:奥利弗