| 单词 | slack |
| 释义 | slack slack1 —slackingly, adv. —slackly, adv. —slackness, n. /slak/, adj. 1. not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope. 2. negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading. 3. slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters. 4. not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry. 5. moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water. 6. weak; lax. 7. Naut. easy (def. 15a). adv. 8. in a slack manner. n. 9. a slack condition or part. 10. the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it. 11. a decrease in activity, as in business or work: a sudden slack in output. 12. a period of decreased activity. 13. Geog. a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn. 14. a depression between hills, in a hillside, or in the land surface. 15. Pros. (in sprung rhythm) the unaccented syllable or syllables. 16. Brit. Dial. a morass; marshy ground; a hollow or dell with soft, wet ground at the bottom. 17. take up the slack, a. to pull in or make taut a loose section of a rope, line, wire, etc.: Take up the slack before releasing the kite. b. to provide or compensate for something that is missing or incomplete: New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo. v.t. 18. to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone: He slacked the most important part. 19. to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often fol. by up). 20. to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often fol. by off or out). 21. to slake (lime). v.i. 22. to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part. 23. to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often fol. by up): Business is slacking up. 24. to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off. 25. to become slaked, as lime. [bef. 900; ME slac (adj.), OE sleac, slaec; c. ON slakr, OHG slach, L laxus LAX] Syn. 1. relaxed. 2. lazy, weak. 3. dilatory, tardy, late. 4. idle, quiet. 11. slowing, relaxation. 18. neglect. 19. reduce, slacken. 22. malinger. slack2 /slak/, n. the fine screenings of coal. [1400-50; late ME sleck < MD slacke, slecke] |
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