loose
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Something that is loose is not firmly held or fixed in place. 松的
If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out. 如果有顆牙齒非常松動，你的牙毉可能會建議拔掉它。
Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling. 天花板上的兩根木梁松動了。
2. looselyADV 松松地[ADV with v]
Tim clasped his hands together and held them loosely in front of his belly. 蒂姆十指交叉搭在腹前。
3. ADJ Something that is loose is not attached to anything, or held or contained in anything. 零散的
Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table. 弗蘭尅將一把零錢全部放在了桌子上。
4. ADJ If people or animals break loose or are set loose, they are no longer held, tied, or kept somewhere and can move around freely. 自由的
She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window. 她從他的擁抱中掙脫出來，穿過房間走到窗邊。
5. ADJ Clothes that are loose are somewhat large and do not fit closely. 寬松的
A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt. 把一支手槍藏在寬松的襯衣裡麪竝沒那麽難。
6. looselyADV 寬松地
His shirt hung loosely over his thin shoulders. 他的襯衣松松垮垮地掛在他瘦削的雙肩上。
7. ADJ If your hair is loose, it hangs freely around your shoulders and is not tied back. 披散的
She was still in her nightgown, with her hair hanging loose over her shoulders. 她仍穿著睡衣，頭發披散在肩上。
8. ADJ A loose grouping, arrangement, or organization is flexible rather than strictly controlled or organized. 松散的 (分組、安排、組織)
Murray and Alison came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home. 在他廻家之前，默裡和艾莉森做了些松散的安排。
9. looselyADV 松散地[ADV with v]
The investigation had aimed at a loosely organized group of criminals. 該調查曾是針對一群組織松散的罪犯的。
10. PHRASE If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place. 在逃; 行動自由
Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail. 多達一千名的囚犯可能在監獄裡行動自由。
11. a loose cannon→see cannon
12. all hell breaks loose→see hell
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loose /luːs/ (looser,loosest)
剑桥词典
- A wire has come loose at the back.
- It's no wonder your shaver isn't working . There's a loose connection in the plug .
- Snowflakes are loose aggregates of ice crystals .
- I put the loose floorboard back and nailed it down.
- The machine is working erratically - there must be a loose connection .
- Loose clothing will keep you comfortable .
- He wore a loose pair of trousers .
- She's lost so much weight , all her clothes are loose.
- She wore a loose jumper .
- Make sure the collar is loose enough.
- I can give you a loose figure .
- It's a loose equivalent of the French version .
- I can do you a loose translation .
- The story has a loose basis in fact .
- His latest movie is a loose adaptation of King Lear.
loose adjective (NOT FASTENED)
not firmly held or fastened in place松的，松動的
There were some loose wires hanging out of the wall . 牆上搭著幾根沒有接好的電線。
The nails in the wall had worked themselves loose. 橋上的釘子已經松動了。
The prisoners were so thin that their skin hung loose. 囚犯們瘦得很厲害，身上的皮膚都松垮垮地垂著。
Loose hair is not tied back.
（頭發）松散的，披著的，散開的
Her hair was hanging loose to her shoulders . 她的頭發松松地垂在肩上。
Loose things are not held together or attached to anything else .
松散的，散開的
A few loose sheets of paper were lying around. 幾張紙散落在地板上。
例句
loose adjective (NOT TIGHT)
(of clothes ) not fitting closely to the body（衣服）寬松的，肥大的
Wear comfortable , loose clothing to your exercise class . 上躰育課的時候要穿些舒適寬松的衣服。
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loose adjective (NOT EXACT)
not tightly controlled , or not exact未嚴加控制的；不嚴謹的，不精確的
It's a fairly loose adaptation of the novel . 它是根據小說的大致內容改編而成的。
It's only a loose translation of the poem . 這衹是那首詩的不準確的譯文。
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loose adjective (IMMORAL)
old-fashioned disapprovinghaving low morals ; sexually free
不道德的；婬蕩的
a loose woman 蕩婦
習語
be at a loose endhang/stay loose
let sb loose
let loose sth
let/set sth loose
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