单词 | lax |
释义 | lax —laxly, adv. —laxness, n. /laks/, adj., laxer, laxest. 1. not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline. 2. loose or slack; not tense, rigid, or firm: a lax rope; a lax handshake. 3. not rigidly exact or precise; vague: lax ideas. 4. open, loose, or not retentive, as diarrheal bowels. 5. (of a person) having the bowels unusually loose or open. 6. open or not compact; having a loosely cohering structure; porous: lax tissue; lax texture. 7. Phonet. (of a vowel) articulated with relatively relaxed tongue muscles. Cf. tense1 (def. 4). [1350-1400; ME < L laxus loose, slack, wide; akin to languere to LANGUISH; c. OE slaec SLACK1] |
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