loose, slack

動詞 loose:

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
   同義詞：free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen
2. turn loose or free from restraint
   同義詞：unleash, let loose
3. make loose or looser
   同義詞：loosen
4. become loose or looser or less tight
   同義詞：loosen, relax

形容詞 loose:

1. not restrained or confined or attached
2. not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
3. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
4. not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
5. not officially recognized or controlled
   同義詞：informal
6. not literal
   同義詞：free, liberal
7. emptying easily or excessively
   同義詞：lax
8. not affixed
   同義詞：unaffixed
9. not tense or taut
   同義詞：slack
10. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
    同義詞：open
11. not fixed firmly or tightly
12. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
    同義詞：idle
13. not carefully arranged in a package
14. freely producing mucus
15. having escaped, especially from confinement
    同義詞：at large, escaped, on the loose
16. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
    同義詞：easy, light, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
17. not bound or fastened or gathered together

副詞 loose:

1. without restraint
   同義詞：free

1. Come and see us if you're at a loose end.
   閑著的時候到我們這兒來坐坐。
2. The guard loosed the dogs when the burglar alarm went off.
   防盜警報器一響，警衛(wèi)就放出了警犬。
3. I daren't let Bill loose on the garden he'd pull up all the flowers.
   我不敢把比爾放到花園去－－他會把花全都拔掉的。
4. The fox broke loose and ran away.
   狐貍掙脫了束縛跑掉了。
5. Never tell him a secret; he's got a loose tongue.
   別把秘密告訴他，他的嘴不嚴(yán)。
6. The wine loosed his tongue.
   酒把他的話匣子給打開了。

loose

adj.（形容詞）
loos.er,loos.est
Not fastened, restrained, or contained:
松散的：未拴牢的，未加限制的，未克制的：
例句：
loose bricks.
松散的磚塊

Not taut, fixed, or rigid:
不固定的，不堅硬的：未繃緊的，未固定的，不穩(wěn)固的：
例句：
a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
松的錨線；松了的椅子腿

Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered:
逃跑的，自由的：不受限制或拘禁的；未帶鐐銬的：
例句：
criminals who were loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
囚犯在附近地區(qū)逃跑；流浪于街頭的狗

Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted:
不緊的，寬松的：
例句：
loose shoes.
寬松的鞋

Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together:
未束好的，未捆好的，散亂的：未捆綁的、未束起來的、未釘牢的、未收集在一起的：
例句：
loose papers.
散頁紙

Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure:
不緊密的：安排上或結(jié)構(gòu)上不緊密的或不密集的：
例句：
loose gravel.
散放的礫石

Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle:
不嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)模瑹o意義的：缺少拘束感或責(zé)任感的；散漫的：
例句：
loose talk.
閑談

Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
放蕩的：在性行為方面缺少傳統(tǒng)道德觀念約束的
Not literal or exact:
不確實的：并非字字對應(yīng)或確切的：
例句：
a loose translation.
意譯

Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body:
帶痰的，瀉肚的：以體內(nèi)的液體自由流動為特征的：
例句：
a loose cough; loose bowels.
痰咳；腹瀉

adv.（副詞）
In a loose manner.
散漫地
v.（動詞）
loosed,loos.ing,loos.es
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To let loose; release:
放松；松開：
例句：
loosed the dogs.
放開狗

To make loose; undo:
使松開；解開：
例句：
loosed his belt.
松開腰帶

To cast loose; detach:
松脫；解開：
例句：
hikers loosing their packs at camp.
遠(yuǎn)足者們在營地解下背包

To let fly; discharge:
放飛；射出：
例句：
loosed an arrow.
射出一只箭

To release pressure or obligation from; absolve:
卸下，免除：將某人從…的壓力或義務(wù)中解放出來；赦免：
例句：
loosed her from the responsibility.
解除了她的責(zé)任

To make less strict; relax:
使不那么嚴(yán)格；放松：
例句：
a leader`s strong authority that was loosed by easy times.
領(lǐng)袖的高度權(quán)威隨著輕閑的時光放松了

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become loose.
變得松散
To discharge a missile; fire.
發(fā)射導(dǎo)彈；射擊

<習(xí)慣用語>on the loose
At large; free.
在逃；自由
Acting in an uninhibited fashion.
以放縱的方式行動
來源：
Middle English louse, los
中古英語 louse, los
from Old Norse lauss * see leu-
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 lauss *參見 leu-

【引伸】
loose.ly
adv.（副詞）
loose.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>loose,lax,slackThe central meaning shared by these adjectives is .not tautly bound, held, or fastened.:
這些形容詞所共有的中心意思是.并未緊緊地捆住、抓住或拴住的.：
例句：
loose reins;
松開的韁繩；

例句：
a lax rope;
松散的繩子；

例句：
slack sails. tight
松散的船帆 tight