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单词 loosen
释义 loos·en
\ˈlüsən\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English losnen, loosnen, from loos, lous loose + -nen -en
transitive verb
1. : to set free : release from restraint : let loose
 < loosen the tongues of the … prisoners — Saturday Review >
2. : to make looser : free from or lessen the tightness, firmness, or fixedness of
 < loosen a screw >
 < refused to loosen his control of charity funds — Fortnight >
 < loosens social ties >
 < a liming process … loosens the hair — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
3. : to remove costiveness from or relax (the bowels)
4.
 a. : to weaken the attachment or adhesion between : detach
  < the ivy creeping up the wall … does not loosen its ancient stones — Newman Smyth >
 b. : to separate the particles of or make less firmly packed
  < a cultivator … will loosen hard-packed earth — Monsanto Magazine >
5. : to cause or permit to become less strict : relax the severity of
 < loosen the regulations governing investment in foreign countries >
 < loosen discipline >
intransitive verb
: to become loose or looser
 < even after his catastrophe his grip of his soul did not loosen — Hugh Walpole >
 < the dynastic and religious entanglements … have loosened or disappeared — Edward Sapir >
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