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单词 loose ends
释义

loose /loos/

adjective
  1. Slack
  2. Free
  3. Unbound
  4. Not confined
  5. Not compact
  6. Unattached
  7. Untied
  8. Not close-fitting
  9. Not tight
  10. Relaxed
  11. (of the joints) freely mobile
  12. (of the bowels) affected by diarrhoea
  13. (of a cough) producing phlegm easily
  14. Inexact
  15. Indefinite
  16. Vague
  17. Not strict
  18. Unrestrained
  19. Lax
  20. Licentious
  21. Inattentive
  22. Dispersedly or openly disposed
  23. Not serried
  24. (of the ball) not in the possession of any player (football)
  25. Denoting all play except for the set scrums and line-outs (rugby)
adverb

Loosely

noun
  1. Loose play (rugby)
  2. An act or mode of loosing, esp an arrow (archaic)
  3. The loose state (archaic)
  4. Unrestraint (archaic)
  5. Freedom (archaic)
  6. Abandonment (archaic)
  7. An outbreak of self-indulgence
  8. A course or rush (obsolete)
  9. Event, upshot, end, as in at the very loose (Shakespeare)
transitive verb
  1. To make loose
  2. To set free
  3. To unfasten
  4. To untie
  5. To disconnect
  6. To relax
  7. To slacken
  8. To discharge
  9. To solve (Spenser)
intransitive verb
  1. To shoot
  2. To weigh anchor (archaic)
ORIGIN: ON lauss; OE lēas; see less

looseˈly adverb

loosˈen transitive verb

  1. To make loose
  2. To relax
  3. To make less dense
  4. To open or relieve (the bowels)
intransitive verb
  1. To become loose
  2. To become less tight

loosˈener noun

A laxative

looseˈness noun

  1. The state of being loose
  2. Diarrhoea

looseˈ-bodˈied adjective

  1. Of clothes, flowing, loose-fitting
  2. Loose in behaviour

loose box noun

A part of a stable where horses are kept untied

loose cannon noun (figurative)

Something or someone dangerously uncontrolled, like a cannon that may discharge unpredictably and cause damage to one's own side

loose change noun

Coins kept about one's person for small expenditures

loose cover noun

A detachable cover, eg for an armchair

looseˈ-cut noun

A disease of cereal crops caused by a parasitic fungus, Ustilago nuda, that reduces the grains to powder

loose end noun

Something that has been left unfinished or that has not been explained or decided

loose fish noun

  1. A person of irregular, esp lax, habits
  2. A prostitute

loose forward noun

  1. In Rugby Union, either of the two wing forwards or the number 8 at the back of the scrum
  2. In Rugby League, the player at the back of the scrum

loose-head prop noun (rugby)

The prop forward on the left of the front row in the scrum

loose housing noun

A means of housing cattle whereby the animals have access to shelter but are free to move about in straw-covered yards

loose-knitˈ or loosely-knitˈ adjective

(of communities, etc) not bound together by close ties

looseˈ-leaf adjective

Of a folder, binder, etc, having a cover designed so as to allow leaves to be inserted or removed

looseˈ-limbedˈ or looseˈ-jointˈed adjective

Having supple limbs

be at a loose end

To have nothing to do

break loose

To escape from confinement

give a loose to

To give rein or free vent to

let loose

To set at liberty

loosen up

  1. To become less shy or taciturn
  2. To exercise gently, eg in preparation for athletic effort

on the loose

  1. Indulging in a bout of unrestraint
  2. Freed from confinement

stay loose (informal)

Keep cool, keep relaxed
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