loose

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
发音 lo͞os

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The release of an arrow.
    — In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger.
  2. A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment. obsolete
    — They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions.
  3. All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
    — The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose.
  4. Freedom from restraint.
    — Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
  5. A letting go; discharge.
动词 v.
  1. To let loose, to free from restraints. transitive
    — Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
  2. Obsolete form of lose. alt-of,obsolete
    — And now I feare that fatall Prophecie, / Which in the time of Henry, nam'd the Fift, / Was in the mouth of euery ſucking Babe, / That Henry borne at Monmouth ſhould winne all, / And Henry borne at Windſor, looſe all: […]
  3. To unfasten, to loosen. transitive
  4. Misspelling of lose. alt-of,misspelling
    — I'm going to loose this game.
  5. To make less tight, to loosen. transitive
  6. Of a grip or hold, to let go. intransitive
  7. To shoot (an arrow).
  8. To set sail. obsolete
    — Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
  9. To solve; to interpret. obsolete
    — he had red her riddle, which no wight Could ever loose
形容词 adj.
  1. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
    — This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
  2. Not held or packaged together.
    — You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
  3. Not under control.
    — The dog is loose again.
  4. Not fitting closely.
    — I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
  5. Not compact.
    — It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
  6. Relaxed.
    — She danced with a loose flowing movement.
  7. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
    — a loose way of reasoning
  8. Indiscreet.
    — Loose talk costs lives.
  9. Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste. dated
    — In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
  10. Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game. not-comparable
    — He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
  11. Not costive; having lax bowels. dated
    — People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies
  12. Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).
  13. Having oversteer. US,slang
感叹词 intj.
  1. begin shooting; release your arrows

词形变化

looses present,singular,third-person loosing participle,present loosed participle,past loosed past looser comparative loosest superlative looses plural looses present,singular,third-person loosing participle,present loosed participle,past loosed past

词汇关系

近义词
fire shoot unsecured spaced out relaxed slutty tarty whorish loose unstapled
反义词
bind constrain fasten tie tighten fast firm tight packaged bound leashed tethered tied tied up close-fitting snug compact tense tensed discreet faithful monogamous
上位词
portable
下位词
overloose ultraloose sandish shattery
衍生词
loose off loose up give a loose looser
相关词
rickety separate

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Old Norse laussbor.
Middle English loos
English loose
From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.
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