| 单词 | loosen |
| 释义 | loosenWord family adverblooselyverbloosennounloosenerloosenessadjectiveloose-leafloose loos·en /ˈluːsən/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LOOSE to make something less tight or less firmly fastened, or to become less tight or less firmly fastened （使）变松；松开 OPP tighten You’ll need a spanner to loosen that bolt. 你需要扳手来拧开那个螺栓。 The screws have loosened. 螺丝松了。 Harry loosened his tie. →5 see picture at 见图 undo 哈里松开了领带。 2 [transitiveT]STRICT to make laws, rules etc less strict 放宽〔法律、规定等〕 SYN relax OPP tighten Congress has loosened the restrictions on immigration. 国会已放宽了移民限制。 3 loosen your grip/hold a) CONTROLto reduce the control or power you have over someone or something 放松〔对…的〕控制[操纵] loosen your grip/hold on The government has loosened its hold on the media considerably. 政府已大大放松了对媒体的控制。 b) HOLDto start holding someone or something less tightly than you were before 松开，放开〔手等〕 OPP tighten loosen your grip/hold on He loosened his grip on David’s arm. 他松开了抓着戴维胳膊的手。 Examples from the Corpus loosen your grip/hold• I felt a shock charge through my hand and could not loosen my grip.• The woman jabbed her cigarette into the man's face and he loosened his grip.• When there is none, he loosens his grip and turns away.• He made a choking noise, and Marco loosened his grip fractionally.• Instead, he waited until the first fierce flood of tears had passed, then loosened his grip on her a little.• When I loosened my grip on him he tried to run back toward Clarisa, stumbling and crawling.• Richard first noticed me from across the street as he loosened his grip on the lamppost.• It was on a block where he encountered three soldiers that he began to loosen his hold on the sequence. 4. loosen somebody’s tongue TALK TO somebodyto make someone talk more than usual, especially about things they should not talk about 使某人说话不拘束〔尤指说不该说的事〕 Examples from the Corpus loosen somebody’s tongue• The wine loosened his tongue. 5 loosen up phrasal verbphr v a) RELAXEDto stop worrying and become more relaxed, or to make someone do this （使）无拘无束，（使）放松 She loosened up after she’d had a drink. 一杯酒下肚她便放松了下来。 loosen somebody ↔ up His welcoming smile helped loosen her up. 他那热情的微笑有助于使她放松下来。 b) DSif your muscles loosen up, or if something loosens them up, they stop feeling stiff （使）〔肌肉〕活动开来，放松 loosen something ↔ up A massage will loosen up your joints. 按摩可以放松关节。 Examples from the Corpus loosen up• At first, I just started drinking at parties, to help loosen me up.• Uncle Billy was a great preacher -- he sure could loosen a crowd up.• Hey, loosen up! It's not worth getting upset about something she said.• Our drama teacher would do crazy things, just to get us to loosen up some. Examples from the Corpus loosen• Loosen any tight clothing, and lay the patient on his side.• Major's attachment to free market doctrine has been loosened by the public's refusal to let short-termism shut Britain's pits.• Eric leaned back in his chair and loosened his belt.• A comrade loosened his grasp, and his faithful gray stood quietly..• When the policeman loosened his grip, Biff ran away.• Finally, he decides to unbuckle his belt, loosen his pants, sit back and relax.• Bill loosened his tie and lit a cigarette.• Carter took off his jacket and loosened his tie.• But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms.• I'd eaten so much that I had to loosen my belt.• After the meal we all had to loosen our belts.• Congress has loosened some of the restrictions on immigration.• He regained his sight after treatment with ointment, which eventually loosened the glue.• He grasped one of the mules and began to loosen the hitch that held its load.• He took a screwdriver from his pocket and began loosening the screws that secured the steel bars to the window frame.• Could you loosen this lid for me?• These are good characteristics, but you need to loosen up a little.• Claire used to try to get her to loosen up over a drink. |
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