单词 | let loose |
释义 | let loose (once / 1829 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY let loose: lets loose, letting loose USAGE EXAMPLESHere he let loose as a cosmopolitan snob. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) In other words, tell the complete story by letting loose the statistics of nonfatal violence. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) As soon as celebrities forget their allotted role, the hounds of hell are let loose upon them. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) 1 v turn loose or free from restraint 2let loose mines Syn|Hyper loose, unleash let go, let go of, release, relinquish release, as from one's grip v express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) Syn|Hypo emit, let out, utter call utter in a loud voice or announce gibberchatter inarticulately; of monkeys crowexpress pleasure verbally crowutter shrill sounds trumpetutter in trumpet-like sounds coocry softly, as of pigeons call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yellutter a sudden loud cry miaou, miaowmake a cat-like sound tsk, tut, tut-tututter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval echo, repeatto say again or imitate callutter a characteristic note or cry shootutter fast and forcefully gurgleutter with a gurgling sound cryutter a characteristic sound nasalespeak in a nasal voice bite oututter sighutter with a sigh troatemit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time liftmake audible pantutter while panting, as if out of breath volleyutter rapidly break intoexpress or utter spontaneously heaveutter a sound, as with obvious effort chorusutter in unison splutter, sputterutter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage deliverutter (an exclamation, noise, etc.) hootto utter a loud clamorous shout gruntissue a grunting, low, animal-like noise wolf-whistlewhistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males snortindicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose spit, spit oututter with anger or contempt groan, moanindicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure growl, grumble, rumbleto utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds howl, wrawl, yammer, yowlcry loudly, as of animals barkmake barking sounds baa, blat, blate, bleatcry plaintively bellow, roarmake a loud noise, as of animal cheep, chirp, chirrup, peepmake high-pitched sounds churr, whirrmake a vibrant sound, as of some birds chirrmake a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas meow, mewcry like a cat quackutter quacking noises hootutter the characteristic sound of owls cronk, honkcry like a goose hiss, sibilate, siss, sizzmake a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval sibilateutter a sibilant bray, hee-hawbraying characteristic of donkeys oink, squealutter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs clack, click, cluckmake a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens low, moomake a low noise, characteristic of bovines cacklesquawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens gobblemake a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys neigh, nicker, whicker, whinnymake a characteristic sound, of a horse gargleutter with gargling or burbling sounds cawutter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens mewutter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls hawutter `haw' hemutter `hem' or `ahem' croak, cronkutter a hoarse sound, like a raven singto make melodious sounds smackpress (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating giveemit or utter hollocry hollo hurrahshout `hurrah!' hallooshout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention whoopshout, as if with joy or enthusiasm pipe, pipe up, shriek, shrillutter a shrill cry reciterepeat aloud from memory cuckoorepeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call reechorepeat back like an echo parrotrepeat mindlessly regurgitate, reproducerepeat after memorization pant-hootcommunicate by hooting and panting, as of primates grunt-hootcommunicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates howl, roar, ululate, wail, yaup, yawlemit long loud cries bay, questbark with prolonged noises, of dogs yap, yelp, yipbark in a high-pitched tone screak, screech, skreak, skreigh, squawkutter a harsh abrupt scream chitter, twittermake high-pitched sounds, as of birds assibilateinsert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) gagglemake a noise characteristic of a goose |
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