looseness
松动,松散性,松散,松弛
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Definitions
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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
Examples
The program also had “many loose ends” — especially a lack of training — he says.
Though the company notes that if, say, a heavy book falls on top of the kart after it jostled it loose from a shelf, that could ultimately be an issue.
These scenarios posit the human microbiome, which we imagine as mostly confined to our gut, as actually existing in a loose network that extends beyond our bodies.
It’s a recipe in the loosest sense, made when my partner and I realize we have enough of the ingredients already in the house, but nothing else to make it better or more cohesive.
While looser than the lockdown imposed earlier this year, the new restrictions will still damage the recovery, particularly for sectors like restaurants and transportation, and will last for six months, alongside the new support measures for workers.
That gives Obama plenty of time to use the current looseness of the law to push forward the releases of many more prisoners.
Now we can see the wonderful looseness of his brushwork as well.
It was that mixture of precision and looseness that was so influential.
It fell with a looseness and 323 finality that told Masten of the end.
Security against injury by shock, whether due to the presence of water in the cylinder or to looseness of running parts.
The looseness of the vessels and the weakness of the retentive faculty, is known from a moist and loose habit of the body.
If it proceeds from the retentive faculty, and of the vessels, it is to be corrected with gentle astringents.