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Slack

[slæk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely; 'he took up the slack'.

(noun.) the quality of being loose (not taut); 'he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope'.

(noun.) a stretch of water without current or movement; 'suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless'.

(noun.) dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve.

(verb.) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; 'slack lime'.

(verb.) make less active or fast; 'He slackened his pace as he got tired'; 'Don't relax your efforts now'.

(verb.) release tension on; 'slack the rope'.

(verb.) be inattentive to, or neglect; 'He slacks his attention'.

(verb.) avoid responsibilities and work, be idle.

(adj.) flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; 'slack water' .

錄入:罗兰--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

(n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell.

(superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

(superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

(superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

(superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

(adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

(n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

(a.) Alt. of Slacken

(v. t.) Alt. of Slacken

珍妮特錄入

同義詞及近義詞:

a. [1]. Backward, remiss, careless, negligent.[2]. Slow, tardy, dilatory, lingering, not quick, not rapid.[3]. Loose, relaxed, not tight, not tense.

v. n. Slacken.

v. a. [1]. Slacken.[2]. Slake (as lime).

手打:特雷弗

同義詞及反義詞:

SYN:Loose, weak, remiss, backward, indiligent, slow, remiss, tardy, lax

ANT:Tight, tense, strong, active, prompt, diligent, alert, quick, eager

克劳斯編輯

解釋/意思:

adj. lax or loose: not firmly extended or drawn out: not holding fast weak: not eager or diligent inattentive: not violent or rapid slow.—adv. in a slack manner: partially: insufficiently.—n. that part of a rope belt &c. which is slack or loose: a period of inactivity: a slack-water haul of a net.—vs.i. Slack Slack′en to become loose or less tight: to be remiss: to abate: to become slower: to fail or flag.—v.t. to make less tight: to loosen: to relax: to remit: to abate: to withhold: to use less liberally: to check: (B.) to delay.—v.t. Slack′-bake to half-bake.—adj.Slack′-hand′ed remiss.—n. Slack′-jaw (slang) impudent talk.—adv. Slack′ly.—n. Slack′ness.—adj.Slack′-salt′ed insufficiently salted.—n. Slack′-wa′ter ebb-tide: slow-moving water as that above a dam.—adj. pertaining to slack-water.—Slack away to ease off freely; Slack-in-stays slow in going about of a ship; Slack off to ease off; Slack up to ease off: to slow.

n. (Scot.) a cleft between hills: a common: a boggy place.

n. coal-dross.

安琪編輯

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