请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 relax
释义 Verb: relax  ri'laks
  1. Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
    "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
    - loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down 
  2. Make less taut
    "relax the tension on the rope"
    - unbend 
  3. Become loose or looser or less tight
    "the rope relaxed"
    - loosen, loose 
  4. Cause to feel relaxed
    "A hot bath always relaxes me"
    - unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed 
  5. Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
    "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
    - loosen up 
  6. Make less severe or strict
    "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
    - loosen 
  7. Become less severe or strict
    "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
    - loosen 
  8. Make less active or fast
    "Don't relax your efforts now"
    - slack, slacken, slack up

Derived forms: relaxed, relaxes, relaxing

See also: relaxant, relaxation, relaxer

Type of: act, affect, alter, behave, change, change state, decrease, do, lessen, loose, loosen, minify, modify, turn, weaken

Antonym: tense

Encyclopedia: Relax Relax, Take it Easy Relax, Take It Easy

随便看

 

英语词典包含157790条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/30 22:16:57