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单词 let loose
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let1 /let/

transitive verb (prp lettˈing; pat let or (Scot) loot /lüt or lŭt/; pap let or (Scot) lootˈen, littˈen or luttˈen)
  1. To give leave or power to, to allow, permit, suffer (usu with infinitive without to)
  2. To allow to go or come
  3. To grant to a tenant or hirer
  4. In the imperative with accusative and infinitive without to, often used virtually as an auxiliary with imperative or optative effect
  5. To leave (Shakespeare)
  6. To omit (Shakespeare)
  7. To allow to escape (archaic)
  8. To behave so as to give an impression, make it appear (obsolete; also intransitive verb)
noun

A letting for hire

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) lētan (WSax lǣtan) to permit, pat lēt; pap lǣten; Ger lassen

lettˈable adjective

Able to be hired out, suitable for letting

lettˈer noun

A person who lets, esp on hire

lettˈing noun

letˈ-alone noun (Shakespeare)

Absence of restraint, freedom

adjective

  1. Refraining from interference
  2. Leaving things to themselves

letˈ-down noun

  1. An act or occasion of letting down
  2. A disappointment

letˈ-off noun

  1. An act or occasion of letting off
  2. A festivity
  3. An outlet
  4. (in games) a failure to take advantage of an opportunity

letˈ-out noun

A chance to escape or avoid keeping an agreement, contract, etc

lettˈer-gaeˈ noun (Scot)

Someone who lets go, a precentor

letting down noun (aeronautics)

The reduction of altitude from cruising height to that required for the approach to landing

letˈ-up noun

  1. End or ceasing
  2. Abatement
  3. Respite or relief

let alone

  1. Not to mention, much less
  2. To refrain from interference with
  3. (imperative) trust (archaic)

let be (dialect let-a-be)

  1. To leave undisturbed
  2. Not to mention, to say nothing of (Scot)

let blood

To cause to bleed

let down

  1. To allow to fall
  2. To lower
  3. To make longer
  4. To allow air to escape from
  5. To leave in the lurch, fail to back up when needed, betray trust, disappoint

let drive

  1. To aim a blow
  2. To discharge a missile

let fall

  1. To drop
  2. To mention or hint

let fly

  1. To fling, discharge, shoot
  2. To deliver a blow (also figurative)

let go

  1. To cease holding
  2. To finish the employment of
  3. To slacken (nautical)

let in

  1. To allow to enter
  2. To take in or swindle (archaic)
  3. (with for) to involve in or betray into anything unpleasant or troublesome
  4. To insert
  5. To leak inwards

let in on (informal)

To allow to take part in

let into

  1. To set into the surface of
  2. To admit to the knowledge of
  3. To throw into one with

let loose

  1. To set free
  2. To let go of restraint, to indulge in unrestrained talk or conduct

let off

  1. To allow to go free or without exacting all
  2. To fire off, discharge
  3. To break wind from the anus (informal)

let on (informal)

  1. To allow to be believed, to pretend
  2. To disclose awareness
  3. To reveal, divulge

let oneself go (informal)

  1. To allow one's appearance, lifestyle, etc to deteriorate
  2. To act without restraint

let out

  1. To allow to go free, or to become known
  2. To emit
  3. To widen, slacken, enlarge
  4. To put out to hire
  5. To leak outwards
  6. To strike out or kick out (archaic)

let someone know

To inform someone

let up (informal)

  1. To become less
  2. To abate

let up on (informal)

  1. To cease to have to do with
  2. To treat less harshly

let well alone

To let things remain as they are from fear of making them worse

to let

Available for hire

loose /loos/

adjective
  1. Slack
  2. Free
  3. Unbound
  4. Not confined
  5. Not compact
  6. Unattached
  7. Untied
  8. Not close-fitting
  9. Not tight
  10. Relaxed
  11. (of the joints) freely mobile
  12. (of the bowels) affected by diarrhoea
  13. (of a cough) producing phlegm easily
  14. Inexact
  15. Indefinite
  16. Vague
  17. Not strict
  18. Unrestrained
  19. Lax
  20. Licentious
  21. Inattentive
  22. Dispersedly or openly disposed
  23. Not serried
  24. (of the ball) not in the possession of any player (football)
  25. Denoting all play except for the set scrums and line-outs (rugby)
adverb

Loosely

noun
  1. Loose play (rugby)
  2. An act or mode of loosing, esp an arrow (archaic)
  3. The loose state (archaic)
  4. Unrestraint (archaic)
  5. Freedom (archaic)
  6. Abandonment (archaic)
  7. An outbreak of self-indulgence
  8. A course or rush (obsolete)
  9. Event, upshot, end, as in at the very loose (Shakespeare)
transitive verb
  1. To make loose
  2. To set free
  3. To unfasten
  4. To untie
  5. To disconnect
  6. To relax
  7. To slacken
  8. To discharge
  9. To solve (Spenser)
intransitive verb
  1. To shoot
  2. To weigh anchor (archaic)
ORIGIN: ON lauss; OE lēas; see less

looseˈly adverb

loosˈen transitive verb

  1. To make loose
  2. To relax
  3. To make less dense
  4. To open or relieve (the bowels)
intransitive verb
  1. To become loose
  2. To become less tight

loosˈener noun

A laxative

looseˈness noun

  1. The state of being loose
  2. Diarrhoea

looseˈ-bodˈied adjective

  1. Of clothes, flowing, loose-fitting
  2. Loose in behaviour

loose box noun

A part of a stable where horses are kept untied

loose cannon noun (figurative)

Something or someone dangerously uncontrolled, like a cannon that may discharge unpredictably and cause damage to one's own side

loose change noun

Coins kept about one's person for small expenditures

loose cover noun

A detachable cover, eg for an armchair

looseˈ-cut noun

A disease of cereal crops caused by a parasitic fungus, Ustilago nuda, that reduces the grains to powder

loose end noun

Something that has been left unfinished or that has not been explained or decided

loose fish noun

  1. A person of irregular, esp lax, habits
  2. A prostitute

loose forward noun

  1. In Rugby Union, either of the two wing forwards or the number 8 at the back of the scrum
  2. In Rugby League, the player at the back of the scrum

loose-head prop noun (rugby)

The prop forward on the left of the front row in the scrum

loose housing noun

A means of housing cattle whereby the animals have access to shelter but are free to move about in straw-covered yards

loose-knitˈ or loosely-knitˈ adjective

(of communities, etc) not bound together by close ties

looseˈ-leaf adjective

Of a folder, binder, etc, having a cover designed so as to allow leaves to be inserted or removed

looseˈ-limbedˈ or looseˈ-jointˈed adjective

Having supple limbs

be at a loose end

To have nothing to do

break loose

To escape from confinement

give a loose to

To give rein or free vent to

let loose

To set at liberty

loosen up

  1. To become less shy or taciturn
  2. To exercise gently, eg in preparation for athletic effort

on the loose

  1. Indulging in a bout of unrestraint
  2. Freed from confinement

stay loose (informal)

Keep cool, keep relaxed
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