| 单词 | loosen |
| 释义 | loosen (once / 569 pages) v When you loosen something, you make it less tight. A ballerina, for example, might loosen her tightly coiled hair after dance practice. You might need to loosen your belt after eating a huge meal, or loosen your collar and tie after a long day at work. Things sometimes also loosen on their own, like when a dog's collar loosens gradually until she can slip right out of it to chase a squirrel. There is also a figurative way to loosen things, making them less strict, like when a community loosens certain rules or laws. WORD FAMILYloosen: loosened, loosening, loosens, unloosen+/loose: loosed, loosely, loosen, looseness, looser, looses, loosest, loosing, unloose/looseness: loosenesses/loosening: loosenings/unloose: unloosed, unlooses, unloosing/unloosen: unloosened, unloosening, unloosens USAGE EXAMPLESAnd Vice President-elect Mike Pence led the charge as the state’s governor to loosen eligibility requirements and greatly expand the program’s reach. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) The only bad thing about winning for Cleveland was that the victory loosened its grasp on next year’s first pick in the draft. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) Trump is also reportedly in talks to loosen ties with his business empire, according to the Times. Time(Dec 24, 2016) 1v make loose or looser loosen the tension on a rope Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper loose stiffen make stiff or stiffer relax, unbend make less taut remit, slackenmake slack as by lessening tension or firmness slackrelease tension on unscrewloosen something by unscrewing it unscrewloosen by turning unbraceremove from tension douse, dowseslacken alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v cause to become loose loosen the necktie Syn|Hyper undo, untie alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v become loose or looser or less tight The noose loosened Syn|Ant|Hyper loose, relax stiffen become stiff or stiffer weaken become weaker 4v disentangle and raise the fibers of Syn|Hyper tease, tease apart disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl extricate from entanglement 5v make less dense loosen the soil Hypo|Hyper scarify break up fluff, ruffleerect or fluff up alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6v make less severe or strict Syn|Hyper relax relax become less severe or strict alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 7v become less severe or strict Syn|Hyper relax relax make less severe or strict change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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