| 单词 | to let loose |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let loose 19. to let loose. To liberate, set free; now chiefly, a fierce animal or some destructive agency. Also, †to relax, loose (one's hold, control), slacken (a bridle); †to abandon (an opinion). †Rarely intransitive to give way to. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > part with or let go > from one's power or control to let loose1530 losea1715 to let out of1840 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > give in or submit to action, treatment, or events undergoc1175 give place1382 receivec1384 obeyc1390 to go under ——a1400 servec1400 underliec1400 submitc1425 subscribe1560 resign1593 stoop1611 to let loose1667 to qualify on1753 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 607/2 I let lose, je mets au large... Lette lose your houndes, we shall go hunte the foxe. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 286 Not letting loose the bridle of libertie to his concupiscence. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 184 It hes not bene the custume of Ingland to let lowse any noble gryp that they have had of Scotland, at any tyme heirtofore. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xlix. 21 Naphtali is a hinde let loose . View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Beard Theatre Gods Judgem. (ed. 2) 430 Their tongues are let loosse to opprobrious speeches. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 34 I doe now let loose my opinion. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 38 God intendeth only the care of the species or common natures, but letteth loose the guard of individualls. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 155 Will he, so wise, let loose at once his ire..? View more context for this quotation 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety i. 1 If we should so far let loose to speculation as to forget our experience. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 169 When..their Enemies..have let themselves loose into an irregular pursuit. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 123. ¶1 He was let loose among the Woods as soon as he was able to ride on Horse-back. 1821 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 1st Ser. He can no more let his intellect loose in Society, than the other can his inclinations. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 43 Like so many bedlamites or demoniacs let loose. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lvii. 445 Fierce wrath will be let loose on this nation. < as lemmas |
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