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单词 slackly
释义
slackslack1 /slæk/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINslack1
Origin:
Old English sleac
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Corporate profits have been hurt by slack demand.
  • I let the rope go slack as the boat came closer.
  • If the rope between climbers is slack, one slip can be fatal.
  • Keep the rope slack till I say `pull'.
  • The fan belt is a little slack.
  • The report criticized airport security as "disgracefully slack."
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Her body went momentarily slack with relief, or was it disappointment?
  • Savings and loan institutions, for example, were once high slack systems, and appropriately so in a regulated industry.
  • She didn't want to come against the flat slack flesh.
  • This can result due to reductions in overmanning and improvements in other types of slack management procedures.
  • Today a changing environment has forced many such organization either to become low slack systems or to go out of business.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora loose rope/knot/chain
a rope, knot, chain etc that is loose is not tied or stretched tightly, and is not a tight as it should be: · The guitar strings were loose, but none were broken.· There must be a wire loose, because this light isn't working.
a rope or chain that is slack is not stretched as tightly as it should be: · If the rope between climbers is slack, one slip can be fatal.go slack (=become less tight suddenly): · I let the rope go slack as the boat came closer.
1hanging loosely, or not pulled tight OPP  taut:  Keep the rope slack until I tell you to pull it.2with less business activity than usual SYN  slow:  Business remained slack throughout the day.3not taking enough care or making enough effort to do things correctly – used to show disapproval SYN  careless:  Slack defending by Real Madrid allowed Manchester United to score.slackly adverbslackness noun [uncountable]
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