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

lax1

/laks

adjective

1Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful: lax security arrangements at the airport he’d been a bit lax about discipline in school lately...

Those two sides have plenty of time to interact due to the ludicrously lax security arrangements.
The punishment must fit the crime, neither too lax nor too severe.
Many social problems stem from lax enforcement of strict legal code.

Synonyms

slack, slipshod, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, inattentive, slapdash, offhand, casual;

easy-going, lenient, permissive, soft, liberal, non-restrictive, indulgent, overindulgent, complaisant, over-tolerant, irresponsible

informal sloppy

2(Of the limbs or muscles) relaxed: muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax...

He had, by now, stood up, but his lanky limbs were still lax as his back steadied itself against the wall.
I stagger down the street for a while before my lax limbs become used to working again.
His friend sagged slightly then, something that looked like the beginnings of tears glimmering on his eyelashes as he pulled lax fingers into action and slowly unbuttoned his shirt.

2.1(Of the bowels) loose.The unfortunate offset was that the hydronically excited children became rather lax in the bladder department, and messy assisted toilet trips were required.

2.2 Phonetics (Of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. The opposite of tense¹. the merger of tense and lax vowels before ‘l’...

In view of the time required to move to more peripheral vowel positions, tense vowels tend to be peripheral and lax vowels closer to schwa, the neutral or central vowel.

Derivatives

laxly

adverb ...

The school had wanted to expand school enrollment and wanted to make sure that there were enough qualifying students, which was why the teachers graded laxly.
Both are known as the pre-Code era, although a loose, laxly administered set of standards was already in place for both media.
In the early twentieth century, twenty-eight states restricted child labor by law, but most of the laws were vaguely worded, full of exemptions, and laxly enforced.

laxness

noun ...

I think a lot of immigration lawyers like myself laughed when we heard about the laxness of our immigration system.
The family discord has been in progress for about two weeks, said the man, attributing it, in part, to the laxness of previous discipline.
There will be no place for such laxness this Sunday.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'loose', said of the bowels): from Latin laxus.

languish from Middle English:
Early senses included ‘become faint, feeble, or ill’; in the early 18th century it came to mean ‘assume a languid or sentimentally tender expression’ and was aptly applied to Sheridan's character Lydia Languish in The Rivals performed for the first time in 1775. The word goes back to Latin laxus ‘loose, lax’ found also in lax (Late Middle English), relax (Late Middle English) where the re- intensifies the sense; relay (Late Middle English), release (Middle English), and laxative (Late Middle English) something that loosens the bowels. See slake

Rhymes

lax2

/laks

noun [mass noun] US informal

Lacrosse: I wore pads and a helmet whenever I played lax...

The 8- and 6-year-olds experimented with the sport for a few weeks that fall and the next spring they signed up to play lax.
We offer lax for boys and girls of all ages – whether you’re just starting in Pre K or want to play Varsity in high school.
Outdoor lax is at Northville Community and Millenium Parks.

Origin

1950s: abbreviation of lacrosse, with x representing crosse (by association with cross).

单词	lax
释义	lax1 /laks / adjective 1Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful: lax security arrangements at the airport he’d been a bit lax about discipline in school lately... Those two sides have plenty of time to interact due to the ludicrously lax security arrangements. The punishment must fit the crime, neither too lax nor too severe. Many social problems stem from lax enforcement of strict legal code. Synonyms slack, slipshod, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, inattentive, slapdash, offhand, casual; easy-going, lenient, permissive, soft, liberal, non-restrictive, indulgent, overindulgent, complaisant, over-tolerant, irresponsible informal sloppy 2(Of the limbs or muscles) relaxed: muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax... He had, by now, stood up, but his lanky limbs were still lax as his back steadied itself against the wall. I stagger down the street for a while before my lax limbs become used to working again. His friend sagged slightly then, something that looked like the beginnings of tears glimmering on his eyelashes as he pulled lax fingers into action and slowly unbuttoned his shirt. 2.1(Of the bowels) loose.The unfortunate offset was that the hydronically excited children became rather lax in the bladder department, and messy assisted toilet trips were required. 2.2 Phonetics (Of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. The opposite of tense¹. the merger of tense and lax vowels before ‘l’... In view of the time required to move to more peripheral vowel positions, tense vowels tend to be peripheral and lax vowels closer to schwa, the neutral or central vowel. Derivatives laxly adverb ... The school had wanted to expand school enrollment and wanted to make sure that there were enough qualifying students, which was why the teachers graded laxly. Both are known as the pre-Code era, although a loose, laxly administered set of standards was already in place for both media. In the early twentieth century, twenty-eight states restricted child labor by law, but most of the laws were vaguely worded, full of exemptions, and laxly enforced. laxness noun ... I think a lot of immigration lawyers like myself laughed when we heard about the laxness of our immigration system. The family discord has been in progress for about two weeks, said the man, attributing it, in part, to the laxness of previous discipline. There will be no place for such laxness this Sunday. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'loose', said of the bowels): from Latin laxus. languish from Middle English: Early senses included ‘become faint, feeble, or ill’; in the early 18th century it came to mean ‘assume a languid or sentimentally tender expression’ and was aptly applied to Sheridan's character Lydia Languish in The Rivals performed for the first time in 1775. The word goes back to Latin laxus ‘loose, lax’ found also in lax (Late Middle English), relax (Late Middle English) where the re- intensifies the sense; relay (Late Middle English), release (Middle English), and laxative (Late Middle English) something that loosens the bowels. See slake Rhymes axe (US ax), Backs, Bax, fax, flax, max, pax, Sachs, sax, saxe, tax, wax lax2 /laks / noun [mass noun] US informal Lacrosse: I wore pads and a helmet whenever I played lax... The 8- and 6-year-olds experimented with the sport for a few weeks that fall and the next spring they signed up to play lax. We offer lax for boys and girls of all ages – whether you’re just starting in Pre K or want to play Varsity in high school. Outdoor lax is at Northville Community and Millenium Parks. Origin 1950s: abbreviation of lacrosse, with x representing crosse (by association with cross).
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