loosen
英 [ˈluːsn]
美 [ˈluːsn]
v. (使)放松,变松; 解开,松开(衣服、头发等); 松开,放开(手等)
过去式:loosened 过去分词:loosened 现在分词:loosening 第三人称单数:loosens
Collins.2 / BNC.7609 / COCA.6023
同义词辨析
relaxv. (使)放松;放宽
〔辨析〕
尤指工作之余放松休息;也指放松身体部位或放宽规定、法令。
〔例证〕
A cup of hot coffee can help to relax you.
一杯热咖啡能够帮助你放松下来。
The committee believed that immigration controls should be relaxed.
委员会认为应放宽移民管制。
一杯热咖啡能够帮助你放松下来。
The committee believed that immigration controls should be relaxed.
委员会认为应放宽移民管制。
loosenv. (使)变松;放宽,放松
〔辨析〕
指松开某物;也指放宽法律、规定或控制。
〔例证〕
The rope has loosened.
绳子松了。
Hearing these words, she loosened her grip on his arm.
听了这些话,她松开了抓着他胳膊的手。
What made the Congress agree to loosen the restrictions on exports?
是什么使国会同意放宽出口限制?
According to a recent survey, over 50% of respondents believe the government has loosened its hold on the media considerably.
根据最近的一项调查显示,逾50%的受访者认为政府对媒体的控制已大大放松了。
绳子松了。
Hearing these words, she loosened her grip on his arm.
听了这些话,她松开了抓着他胳膊的手。
What made the Congress agree to loosen the restrictions on exports?
是什么使国会同意放宽出口限制?
According to a recent survey, over 50% of respondents believe the government has loosened its hold on the media considerably.
根据最近的一项调查显示,逾50%的受访者认为政府对媒体的控制已大大放松了。
slackenv. 〈书〉(使)松弛,(使)变松
〔辨析〕
常指使束缚物变松弛。
〔例证〕
You can slacken the ropes slightly when there is wind.
起风的时候你可以稍微放松绳子。
Hearing that she agreed to stay, his grip on her slackened.
听到她同意留下,他抓着她的手放松了。
起风的时候你可以稍微放松绳子。
Hearing that she agreed to stay, his grip on her slackened.
听到她同意留下,他抓着她的手放松了。
短语动词
loosen up
1. 放松;(情况)缓和 2. (使)(肌肉)松弛;(使)做准备活动
短语用例
loosen up
- 放松不再担忧
to relax and stop worrying- First loosen the nuts, then take off the wheel.
先松开螺母,然后卸下车轮。 - The rope holding the boat loosened.
系船的绳子松了。
- First loosen the nuts, then take off the wheel.
loosen up
loosen sb/sth↔up
- (在运动或其他活动前)放松
to relax your muscles or parts of the body or to make them relax, before taking exercise, etc.- The party has loosened its links with big business.
这个政党与大企业的关系疏远了。
- The party has loosened its links with big business.
习惯用语
v.
- loosen sb's tongue
- 使无拘束地说话;使自由自在地说
to make sb talk more freely than usual - A bottle of wine had loosened Harry's tongue.
一瓶酒下肚,哈里的话匣子便打开了。
牛津词典
verb
- (使)放松,变松
to make sth less tight or firmly fixed; to become less tight or firmly fixed- First loosen the nuts, then take off the wheel.
先松开螺母,然后卸下车轮。 - The rope holding the boat loosened.
系船的绳子松了。
- First loosen the nuts, then take off the wheel.
- 解开,松开(衣服、头发等)
to make a piece of clothing, hair, etc. loose, when it has been tied or fastened - 松开,放开(手等)
to hold sb/sth less tightly- He loosened his grip and let her go.
他松手放开了她。 - The military regime has not loosened its hold on power.
军事政权尚未放松对权力的控制。
- He loosened his grip and let her go.
- (使)变弱,松散,疏远
to make sth weaker or less controlled than before- The party has loosened its links with big business.
这个政党与大企业的关系疏远了。
- The party has loosened its links with big business.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 放宽,放松(限制、法律等)
If someoneloosensrestrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe.- Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates...
不少企业集团一直在向联邦储备委员会施压,要求其放松利率管制。 - Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields.
钻探条例亦已放宽,以加速油田的开发。
- Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates...
- V-ERG (使)(关系)弱化(或疏远)
If someone or somethingloosensthe ties between people or groups of people, or if the tiesloosen, they become weaker.- The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States...
联邦共和国必须疏远其与美国的关系。 - The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions...
该政党的二把手对疏远与工会之间关系一事态度谨慎。 - The ties that bind them together are loosening.
将他们紧密联系在一起的纽带正在弱化。
- The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States...
- V-ERG 解开;松开;变松
If youloosenyour clothing or something that is tied or fastened or if itloosens, you undo it slightly so that it is less tight or less firmly held in place.- He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck...
他伸手松了松脖子上的围巾。 - Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned...
松一松插销,好转动门闩。 - Her hair had loosened and was tangled around her shoulders.
她的头发打了开来,散乱地披在肩上。
- He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck...
- VERB 使松弛
If youloosensomething that is stretched across something else, you make it less stretched or tight.- Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin.
在鸡胸上方插进一把小刀,以使鸡皮不要绷得太紧。
- Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin.
- V-ERG 松(手)
If youloosenyour grip on something, or if your griploosens, you hold it less tightly.- Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free...
哈里的手稍一放松,安娜便挣脱出来。 - When his grip loosened she eased herself away.
他紧抓她的手松了一下,她便抽身而出。
- Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free...
- V-ERG 放宽,放松(控制)
If a government or organizationloosensits grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its griploosens, it begins to have less control over it.- There is no sign that the Party will loosen its tight grip on the country...
没有迹象显示该党会放松对国家的严密控制。 - The Soviet Union's grip on Eastern Europe loosened.
苏联对东欧的控制已经放松。
- There is no sign that the Party will loosen its tight grip on the country...
- PHRASE 使打开话匣;使嘴不严
If you say that somethinghas loosenedsomeone'stongue, you mean that it has made them talk about something, often when they should have remained silent.- The wine had loosened his tongue.
酒一下肚,他便打开了话匣。
- The wine had loosened his tongue.
英英释义
verb
- become loose or looser or less tight
- The noose loosened
- the rope relaxed
- make loose or looser
- loosen the tension on a rope
- make less dense
- loosen the soil
- cause to become loose
- undo the shoelace
- untie the knot
- loosen the necktie
- disentangle and raise the fibers of
- tease wool
- become less severe or strict
- The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
- make less severe or strict
- The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
双语例句
- When his grip loosened she eased herself away.
他紧抓她的手松了一下,她便抽身而出。 - She helps him loosen his belt.
她帮他解开皮带。 - To do this, loosen the screws at the front and side.
为此,松开前面和侧面的螺钉。 - Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields.
钻探条例亦已放宽,以加速油田的开发。 - Loosen and remove the diaphragm lock nut and lock washer, pressure plate and diaphragm from the valve stem.
松开和拆卸隔膜锁紧螺母和锁紧垫圈,从阀杆上往下压阀盘和隔膜。 - We should never loosen up on the rules for family planning.
计划生育工作放松不得。 - Her hair had loosened and was tangled around her shoulders.
她的头发打了开来,散乱地披在肩上。 - The Soviet Union's grip on Eastern Europe loosened.
苏联对东欧的控制已经放松。 - I will not loosen my hands.
我不会松开我的手。 - Don't be so rigid; loosen up!
办事别那么死板,心眼儿放活泛点儿。