let loose

/loos/US // lus //UK // (luːs) //

放任自流,放纵,撒手不管,放任自由

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
loos·er, loos·est.
- : free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- : free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
- : uncombined, as a chemical element.
- : not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.
- : not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.
- : available for disposal; unused; unappropriated: loose funds.
- : lacking in reticence or power of restraint: a loose tongue.
- : lax, as the bowels.
- : lacking moral restraint or integrity: notorious for his loose character.
- : sexually promiscuous or immoral; unchaste.
- : not firm, taut, or rigid: a loose tooth; a loose rein.
- : relaxed or limber in nature: He runs with a loose, open stride.
- : not fitting closely or tightly: a loose sweater.

Phrases

loose cannon
loose ends
at loose ends
break loose
cast loose
cut loose
footloose and fancy-free
hang loose
have a screw loose
on the loose
play fast and loose

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrollick

Synonyms

cavort嬉戏打闹,嬉戏,嬉戏玩耍,狂欢节 frolic嬉戏,嬉戏玩耍,嬉闹,嬉戏打闹 play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍 revel启示,揭示,揭示了,启示录 roughhouse粗制滥造,粗野的房子,粗制滥造的东西 cut loose割断,割开,割裂,割断关系

as inwassail

Synonyms

applaud

Examples

What’s more, Reich believed that a looser view of sex would free society from the psychological hang-ups preventing people from reaching their orgastic potential.
I gently lowered the trap into a bucket and pulled loose the wires that held it together.
Eventually officials decided it needed a lot more work than they thought it would and when they did that work, they let asbestos loose and now the building is a mess and it could cost city taxpayers a lot of money.
So in a laboratory greenhouse, the researchers let three species of dodders loose on plants with different flowering times, confirming that all the parasites shifted their flowering time to match their hosts.
We feel that the Federal Reserve policy is going to remain extremely loose.
As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
Has L.A. figured out how to stop the epidemic it set loose on the world?
Biden is, of course, famous for being a bit loose in his public remarks.
He was pinned to the cement for his refusal to go along with an arrest for selling loose cigarettes.
The lads can enjoy a good pop shot, but should a woman come, all hell breaks loose.
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.

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let loose

/loos/US // lus //UK // (luːs) //

放任自流,放纵,撒手不管,放任自由

Related Words

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
loos·er, loos·est.
- : free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- : free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
- : uncombined, as a chemical element.
- : not bound together: to wear one's hair loose.
- : not put up in a package or other container: loose mushrooms.
- : available for disposal; unused; unappropriated: loose funds.
- : lacking in reticence or power of restraint: a loose tongue.
- : lax, as the bowels.
- : lacking moral restraint or integrity: notorious for his loose character.
- : sexually promiscuous or immoral; unchaste.
- : not firm, taut, or rigid: a loose tooth; a loose rein.
- : relaxed or limber in nature: He runs with a loose, open stride.
- : not fitting closely or tightly: a loose sweater.

Phrases

loose cannon
loose ends
at loose ends
break loose
cast loose
cut loose
footloose and fancy-free
hang loose
have a screw loose
on the loose
play fast and loose

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrollick

Synonyms

as inwassail

Synonyms

applaud

Examples

What’s more, Reich believed that a looser view of sex would free society from the psychological hang-ups preventing people from reaching their orgastic potential.
I gently lowered the trap into a bucket and pulled loose the wires that held it together.
Eventually officials decided it needed a lot more work than they thought it would and when they did that work, they let asbestos loose and now the building is a mess and it could cost city taxpayers a lot of money.
So in a laboratory greenhouse, the researchers let three species of dodders loose on plants with different flowering times, confirming that all the parasites shifted their flowering time to match their hosts.
We feel that the Federal Reserve policy is going to remain extremely loose.
As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
Has L.A. figured out how to stop the epidemic it set loose on the world?
Biden is, of course, famous for being a bit loose in his public remarks.
He was pinned to the cement for his refusal to go along with an arrest for selling loose cigarettes.
The lads can enjoy a good pop shot, but should a woman come, all hell breaks loose.
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.

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