英语词汇“lax”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

lax

(lăks)

adj. lax·er, lax·est

1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. See Synonyms at negligent.

2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. See Synonyms at loose.

3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.

4. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let.

[Middle English, from Latin laxus, loose, lax; see slēg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

lax·ation n.

laxly adv.

laxness n.

单词	lax
释义	lax (lăks) adj. lax·er, lax·est 1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. See Synonyms at negligent. 2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. See Synonyms at loose. 3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements. 4. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let. [Middle English, from Latin laxus, loose, lax; see slēg- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] lax·ation n. laxly adv. laxness n.
随便看	self-contradiction self-contradictory self-control self-controlled self-correcting self-corrective self-critical self-critically self-criticism self-deceit self-deceived self-deceiving self-deception self-deceptive self-deceptively self-defeating self-defense self-defensive self-definition self-denial self-denying self-deprecating self-deprecatingly self-deprecatory self-depreciation