| 单词 | lose |
| 释义 | loselose /luz/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle lost /lɔst/) 1STOP HAVING something [transitive] if you lose something, you stop having it, especially because it has been taken from you or destroyed OPP gain: Michelle lost her job again. Tim lost everything in the earthquake.2CANNOT FIND something [transitive] to be unable to find someone or something: Stephen keeps losing his gloves. Oh, there you are – I thought I’d lost you!3NOT WIN [intransitive, transitive] to not win a game, argument, war, etc. OPP win: I’m not playing tennis with her any more – I always lose. Noel lost the argument.lose (something) to/against somebody The Vikings lost to the Packers 27–7. We lost the game to Birmingham.lose (something) by something Mr. Ewing lost by at least 39,000 votes. Penn State lost the game by only one basket.4STOP HAVING ATTITUDE/QUALITY ETC. [transitive] to stop having a particular quality, belief, attitude, or ability either permanently or temporarily: She’s lost a lot of confidence. The driver lost control of the vehicle. The kids were losing interest in the game.lose your sight/hearing/memory (=permanently lose the ability to see, hear, etc.)lose your voice/balance/footing (=temporarily lose the ability to speak, balance your body, etc.)lose your sense of time/direction/reality etc. It’s easy to lose your sense of direction in the dark. He was going to go talk to her, but he lost his nerve (=stopped being confident). Don’t lose heart (=become disappointed and unhappy) – you’ll do better next time. He lost his head (=stopped being calm) and in a state of panic started running. I finally lost patience with her and yelled at her. Her latest show proves that she hasn’t lost her comic touch (=lost her special ability).lose your temper/cool (=become angry)5MONEY [intransitive, transitive] if you lose money, you do not get as much money back from your business, investment, etc. as you put into it: Investors lost several million dollars.lose (something) on something He lost the money on a game of blackjack. If the project fails, the company stands to lose (=risks losing) millions. I lost the bet, so I had to pay him.6WEIGHT [transitive] if you lose weight, your body becomes lighter and you usually become thinner: I need to lose 10 pounds before the wedding. You look different. Have you lost weight?7DISADVANTAGE [intransitive, transitive] to be in a situation in which you have a disadvantage: You don’t lose anything by asking a question. Whatever the result is, we can’t lose (=we will have an advantage in any situation). You should apply for the job – you have nothing to lose (=will not make the situation worse by trying).8lose somebody a)informal to confuse someone when you are trying to explain something to him or her: You’ve lost me. Can you repeat that? b)used to say that someone has died, especially when you do not want to upset anyone by saying it directly: Fern lost her husband six years ago. Oh, I didn’t know she’d lost the baby (=the baby died before being born). c)to escape from someone who is chasing or following you: Whew! I think we lost him. d)to stop being able to follow someone: He tried to follow her but lost her in the crowd.9lose your life to die: Over 100 soldiers lost their lives.10lose an arm/leg etc. to have an arm, leg, etc. cut off after an injury in an accident or in a war: He lost his right arm in a motorcycle accident.11lose touch (with somebody/something) a)to not speak to, write to, or see a friend or family member for a long time so that you do not know where they are: Over the years we just lost touch with each other. b)if you lose touch with a situation or subject, you stop being involved in it and so you do not know about it or understand it: A lot of producers have lost touch with what makes good music. Sometimes I think Joe has lost touch with reality.12WASTE [transitive] to waste time or opportunities, etc.: We lose time whenever we make changes in the plan. Sorry, you lost your chance. Hurry – there’s no time to lose (=we have to be quick). Johnson lost no time in applying for the grant (=she did it immediately).13CLOCK/WATCH [transitive] if a clock or watch loses time, it works too slowly OPP gain: That clock loses about two minutes a day.14lose count (of something) a)to not be able to say how many of something there are, because there are too many: I’ve lost count of the boyfriends she’s had. b)to forget the total while you are counting: Is this the third or fourth game? I’ve lost count.15lose track of somebody/something to stop paying attention to someone or something so that you do not know where he or she is or what is happening to him or her: I’ve lost track of where Ian is living. It’s easy to lose track of time (=forget to check the time) when you’re working hard. → see also track1 (1)16lose sleep (over something) to worry a lot about something: It’s a problem, but I wouldn’t lose sleep over it.17lose somebody something to make someone stop having something that is important, or to make someone not win a game, argument, etc.: Allegations of corruption lost Wilson the election.18lose it spoken a)to suddenly start shouting, laughing, crying, etc. a lot because you think something is very bad, funny, or wrong: Brad must have said something bad, because she totally lost it. b)to become crazy: After her parents died, Ginny just seemed to lose it.19lose sight of somebody/something a)to stop being able to see someone or something: He lost sight of the car as it went around the curve. b)to forget about the most important part of something you are doing: We can’t lose sight of our goals.20lose your way/bearings a)to not know where you are or which direction you should go: I completely lose my bearings when I go outside the city. b)to not know what you should do or what you believe in: When my wife left me, I lost my bearings for a while.21lose your mind (also lose your marbles informal) to become crazy or to stop behaving in a sensible way: What are you doing on the roof? Have you lost your mind?22lose yourself in something to be so involved in something that you do not notice anything else: The boy could lose himself in his imaginary world for hours.23lose face to not be trusted or respected anymore, especially in a public situation, because of something you have done24lose your heart to somebody to start to love someone very much25something loses something in (the) translation used to say that something is not exactly the same when it is done in a new or different way or when it is said in a different language: The joke loses something in the translation.26lose altitude if an aircraft loses altitude it drops to a lower height in the sky[Origin: Old English losian to destroy or be destroyed, to lose]lose out phrasal verb to not win or get something that would be an advantage to you, because someone else gets it instead: lose out to somebody Tierney lost out to Joan Crawford at the Oscars.lose out on something Hurry, or you’ll lose out on the low interest rates.WORD CHOICE: lose, miss, disappear• Use lose if you cannot find something: I lost my favorite pen.• Use miss if you do not attend a class, meeting, etc. that you regularly go to or that you intended to go to: Why did you miss class today?• Use disappear when the way in which someone or something has been lost seems strange: Five planes disappeared off the coast of Florida. My pen has disappeared – it was right here a minute ago.SPELLING: lose/loose• Lose is a verb and has only one “o”: The team doesn’t want to lose the game.• Loose is an adjective and means that something is not tight: The T-shirt is loose and comfortable. |
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