| 单词 | with a loose rein |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith a loose rein a. Of strings, reins, the skin, etc.: Not tightly drawn or stretched; slack, relaxed. with a loose rein (figurative): slackly, indulgently, without rigour. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > textures or states of skin > [adjective] > loose slackc1386 loosec1460 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > slack or not tense slakec1374 slackc1386 remiss?a1425 loosec1460 relax1605 lax1660 stray1791 relaxed1825 unstraitened1859 unstrained1882 tensionless1905 society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] lightlyeOE remissively1537 unoppressively1656 with a loose rein1775 laxly1839 c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 907 His gurdelle..be it strayt or lewse. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Kviij Neyther haue they theyr bellies wrimpeled or loose. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Laxus Funes laxi,..Cordes lewse or vnbounde. 1637 J. Milton Comus 11 What time the labour'd Oxe In his loose traces from the furrow came. 1718 G. Jacob Compl. Sportsman 50 His [sc. a Greyhound's] Neck long,..with a loose and hanging Weasan. 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 20 The Sultan..governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all. 1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 161 Some such application as the following will soon brace the loose gums. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iii. 68 My knife Touched the loose wrinkled throat. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 17 The skin..when handled, should feel ‘loose’ and freely movable over the structures beneath. < as lemmas |
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