新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

loose

英 [luːs]

[ADJ]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

looser , loosest
1. 松的
Something that is loose is not firmly held or fixed in place.
双语例句
例：
If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out.
如果牙齿非常松动，牙医可能会建议拔掉。
例：
Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling.
天花板上的两根木梁松动了。
2. 零散的
Something that is loose is not attached to anything, or held or contained in anything.
双语例句
例：
Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table.
弗兰克将一把零钱撒在桌子上。
3. 自由的
If people or animals break loose or are set loose, they are no longer held, tied, or kept somewhere and can move around freely.
双语例句
例：
She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window.
她从他的怀抱中挣脱出来，走到窗边。
4. 宽松的
Clothes that are loose are rather large and do not fit closely.
近义词
baggy
双语例句
例：
A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt.
把一支手枪藏在宽松的衬衣里面并不是很困难。
5. 披散的
If your hair is loose, it hangs freely around your shoulders and is not tied back.
双语例句
例：
She was still in her nightgown, with her hair hanging loose over her shoulders.
她仍穿着睡衣，头发披在肩上。
6. （分组、安排、组织）松散的
A loose grouping, arrangement, or organization is flexible rather than strictly controlled or organized.
双语例句
例：
Murray and Alison came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home.
在他回家之前，默里和艾莉森做了些松散的安排。

PHRASE. 习语

on the loose
1. 在逃 , 行动自由
If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place.
双语例句
例：
Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail.
可能有上千名的囚犯在监狱里行动自由。