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单词 loose
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looseadjective

uk/luːs/us/luːs/

loose adjective (NOT FASTENED)

B2 not firmly held or fastened in place:

There were some loose wires hanging out of the wall.
The nails in the wall had worked themselves loose.
The prisoners were so thin that their skin hung loose.

B2 Loose hair is not tied back:

Her hair was hanging loose to her shoulders.

Loose things are not held together or attached to anything else:

A few loose sheets of paper were lying around.

More examples

  • A wire has come loose at the back.
  • It's no wonder your shaver isn't working. There's a loose connection in the plug.
  • Snowflakes are loose aggregates of ice crystals.
  • I put the loose floorboard back and nailed it down.
  • The machine is working erratically - there must be a loose connection.

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Flexible, loose and yielding

  • adrift
  • bendable
  • bendy
  • ductile
  • elastic
  • floppy
  • flowing
  • jointed
  • loose-fitting
  • loosely
  • looseness
  • plastic
  • slackness
  • spring
  • springy
  • sprung
  • stretch
  • stretchy
  • supple
  • yield

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Separateness and isolation in space
Hairdressing
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loose adjective (NOT TIGHT)

B1 (of clothes) not fitting closely to the body:

Wear comfortable, loose clothing to your exercise class.

More examples

  • Loose clothing will keep you comfortable.
  • He wore a loose pair of trousers.
  • She's lost so much weight, all her clothes are loose.
  • She wore a loose jumper.
  • Make sure the collar is loose enough.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Flexible, loose and yielding

  • adrift
  • bendable
  • bendy
  • ductile
  • elastic
  • floppy
  • flowing
  • jointed
  • loose-fitting
  • loosely
  • looseness
  • plastic
  • slackness
  • spring
  • springy
  • sprung
  • stretch
  • stretchy
  • supple
  • yield

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loose adjective (NOT EXACT)

C2 not tightly controlled, or not exact:

It's a fairly loose adaptation of the novel.
It's only a loose translation of the poem.

More examples

  • I can give you a loose figure.
  • It's a loose equivalent of the French version.
  • I can do you a loose translation.
  • The story has a loose basis in fact.
  • His latest movie is a loose adaptation of King Lear.

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Approximate

  • (a) sort of idiom
  • -ish
  • about
  • approx
  • approximate
  • approximately
  • effect
  • in the vicinity of idiom
  • loosely
  • maybe
  • more
  • more or less idiom
  • round
  • rule
  • sense
  • something
  • something
  • something like 96 percent, half, etc. idiom
  • somewhere
  • sort

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loose adjective (IMMORAL)

old-fashioned disapproving having low morals; sexually free:

a loose woman

Idiom(s)

be at a loose end
hang/stay loose
let sb loose
let loose sth
let/set sth loose
turn sb/sth loose

looseverb [ T ]

uk/luːs/us/luːs/

to speak or express emotions very freely, especially in an uncontrolled way:

The coach loosed an angry tirade against his team.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Ways of talking

  • -mouthed
  • babel
  • blab
  • blather
  • croon
  • declamatory
  • drone
  • drone on
  • expressive
  • hold the floor idiom
  • lyrical
  • meanderings
  • rabbit
  • rabbit on
  • sink to a whisper idiom
  • tattle
  • telegrammatic
  • throw
  • waffle
  • yap

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