英语词汇“slack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

slack

释义

not taut; loose

a slack rope

lacking in usual or normal firmness

slack muscles

characterized by slowness or indolence; sluggish

a slack pace

insufficiently prompt, diligent, or careful; negligent or lax

slack supervision

lacking in activity; not busy

a slack market

slackly adv

slackness noun

[Old English sleac]

a part of something, e.g. a rope, that is not taut hangs loose

(in pl) trousers, esp for casual wear

informal a lull or decrease in activity; a quiet season or period

to be sluggish or negligent in performing or doing (something)

Brit, informal to shirk or evade work or duty

to lessen or moderate (something)

He slacked his pace as the sun grew hot

(often + off) to release tension in (something); to loosen

(often + off) to release tension in (something); to loosen (something)

to cause (something) to abate or moderate

to slake (lime)

verb intrans

(+ off/up) to be or become slack

Trade has slacked off

Brit, informal to shirk or evade work or duty

slacker noun

coal in very small pieces

[Middle English sleck, of Germanic origin]

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