英语词汇“slackness”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

slackness

释义

slack¹ /slak/

adjective

Lax or loose
Not firmly extended or drawn out
Not holding fast
Remiss
Promiscuous (slang)
Not strict
Not eager or diligent, inattentive
Not busy
Not violent or rapid, slow
Pronounced with wide, not tense, tongue (phonetics)

adverb

In a slack manner
Partially
Insufficiently

noun

The slack part of a rope, belt, etc
A time, occasion, or place of relaxed movement or activity
A slack-water haul of a net
(in pl) long, loose trousers for casual wear

intransitive verb and transitive verb

To slacken

ORIGIN: OE slæc (sleac); cf Swed slak, ON slakr

slackˈen intransitive verb

To become loose or less tight
To be remiss
To abate
To become slower
To fail or flag
To be inactive or lax

transitive verb

To make slack or less tight
To loosen
To slow, retard
To be remiss or dilatory in
To relax
To slake (lime)

slackˈening noun and adjective

slackˈer noun

An idler
A person who is reprehensibly inactive
A shirker
(US) a young person taking an apathetic or cynical attitude to mainstream culture

slackˈerdom noun

slackˈly adverb

slackˈness noun

slackˈ-bake transitive verb

To half-bake

slack-handˈed adjective

Remiss

slack jaw noun (slang)

Impudent talk

slack line noun

A slack rope

slackˈlining noun

Walking along a slack rope (qv below)

slack rope noun

A loosely stretched rope for a funambulist

slack water noun

Turn of the tide
A stretch of still or slow-moving water

slackˈ-water adjective

Relating to slack water

cut someone some slack (esp N American informal)

To allow someone to act without undue criticism or pressure

slack away

To ease off freely

slack in stays

(of a ship, etc) slow in going about

slack off or slacken off

To ease off

slack up or slacken up

To ease off
To slow

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slack1 /slak/

slack¹ /slak/