单词 | loosen |
释义 | loos·en transitive verb 1. < loosen the tongues of the … prisoners — Saturday Review > 2. < 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. 4. a. < the ivy creeping up the wall … does not loosen its ancient stones — Newman Smyth > b. < a cultivator … will loosen hard-packed earth — Monsanto Magazine > 5. < loosen the regulations governing investment in foreign countries > < loosen discipline > intransitive verb < 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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