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单词 let loose
释义 let loose
phrasal
1.
 a. : to turn loose or free from restraint : let go : liberate
  < floating mines, evidently let loose by French patrols — P.W.Thompson >
  < an entomologist who was let loose on the same small area — C.W.M.Swithinbank >
  < the rancors let loose by war — J.D.Hicks >
 b. : to give rise to : set off
  < the great success of the pioneer lines let loose a torrent of speculative buying — O.S.Nock >
2. : to let fly
 < I do now let loose my opinion — Shakespeare >
 < let loose a torrent of invective — Albert Dasnoy >
 < let loose a tremendous outburst of laughter — Walter O'Meara >
 < a machine gun let loose on me — Mack Morriss >
specifically : to pour down rain
 < get the shocks into the stack before the skies let loose — Irving Dilliard >
3. : to throw off restraint : let go : give way
 < the friction clutch would let loose at its appointed tension — F.J.Haskin >
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