| 单词 | at loose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (a or the) loose a. A state or condition of looseness, laxity, or unrestraint; hence, free indulgence; unrestrained action or feeling; abandonment. Chiefly in at (a or the) loose: in a state of laxity or freedom; unrestrained, unbridled, lax. to take a loose: to give oneself up to indulgence. Obsolete except as in 3b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > lack of restraint or excessive liberty licencec1450 misgovernancec1460 liberty1529 licentiousness1553 loose1593 licentiateness1656 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase] without restraint1443 at range1568 out of checka1575 at random1590 at (a or the) loose1593 on (or upon) the loose1935 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > escape from restraint > throw off restraint to throw off1551 to break forth1608 to take a loose1703 to let rip1857 to kick over the traces1861 to cut loose1900 1593 ‘P. Foulface’ Bacchus Bountie C After these came young Cicero, who, for the large loose that he had in turning downe his liquor, was called Bicongius. a1626 W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 86 Saint Paul stickes not to impute demencie to seduced Galathians... In his loose, imputes no lesse then..madnesse or losse of wits vnto them. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 240 Although they act them~selves at distance, and seem to be at loose; yet doe they hold a continuity with their Maker. View more context for this quotation 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 43 I would have you as careful in penning the clause as may be, but not wholly to leave these things at a loose. 1700 M. Astell Some Refl. Marriage 14 The Man takes a loose, what shou'd hinder him? 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i Melts in his Arms, and with a loose she loves. 1703 C. Leslie in S. Parker tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. p. xvi From all this, that dreadful Loose has proceeded of Prophaneness,..which we now see before our Eyes. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 134 Such Looses and Escapes, as almost all Men, there [i.e. in Turkey], are more or less guilty of. 1796 Brooke's Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) III. xvii. 102 In the midst of all his enjoyments, of a loose to the gratification of every sensual desire. < as lemmas |
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