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loosen up

/loo-suhn/US // ˈlu sən //UK // (ˈluːsən) //

松开,松动,放松,松弛

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
    • : to make less tight; slacken or relax: to loosen one's grasp.
    • : to make less firmly fixed in place: to loosen a tooth.
    • : to let loose or set free from bonds, restraint, or constraint.
    • : to make less close or compact in structure or arrangement.
    • : to make less dense or coherent: to loosen the soil in a garden.
    • : to relax in strictness or severity, as restraint or discipline: to loosen restrictions on trade.
    • : to relieve of their constipated condition.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become loose or looser: His hold loosened. Your shoes will loosen up with wear.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inexercise
as inrelax
Synonyms
calm平静,平息,平静的,平静下来lie down躺下,躺下来,躺下吧,躺下了recline躺下,仰卧,躺着,倾斜sit back坐在后面,坐好,坐下来,坐好了soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来unwind松开,放松,松脱,解脱laze闲逛,懒惰,发呆,懒散repose忏悔,宴请,宴席,安息rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区tranquilize安抚,宁神,安定,安定化unbend松开,松动,解开,松开手unlax毫不留情,毫不犹豫地,毫不迟疑,毫不留情地breathe easy轻松呼吸,喘口气,喘息,喘口气吧calm down冷静下来,平静下来,淡定,镇定下来collect oneself收拾自己,搜身,搜集自己,搜集自身compose oneself振作起来,梳妆打扮,振作精神,定神cool off冷却,冷却掉,冷静下来,冷却后ease off纾解,纾缓,缓和,缓解feel at home宾至如归的感觉,居家的感觉,安家的感觉,宾至如归hang loose悬空,悬挂,悬挂式,悬空的knock off收工,淘汰,淘汰赛,敲诈勒索let oneself go放任自流,放任自流吧,放任自由,放任不管make oneself at home安身立命,安居乐业,自成一体,自成一派put one's feet up抬脚,翘脚,跷二郎腿,站起来settle back安顿好,安顿下来,安顿好后,安顿好了simmer down熬夜,冷静下来,沉淀,沉淀下来sit around闲坐,围坐,闲坐着,闲坐不动stop work停工,停止工作,辍工,歇工take a break休息一下,歇息一下,歇一歇,歇歇脚take a breather喘口气,喘口气吧,喘息,喘息一下take it easy悠着点,悠着点儿,轻松点,悠着点吧take one's time不紧不慢,不着急,不忙,不紧不慢地take ten取十,取十次,取十份,拿出十take time out抽出时间,抽空,抽出时间来,抽时间

Examples

  • After a “low” point of 26% growth in June, sales in the US have accelerated the past two months—a sign that video games continue to surge in popularity even as quarantines end and travel restrictions loosen.

  • Together, they show that throughout the coronavirus crisis, the meatpacking industry has repeatedly turned to the agency for help beating back local public health orders and loosening regulations to keep processing lines running.

  • Using their wealth and power in the pursuit of profits, corporations led the way in loosening the external constraints that protected workers and other stakeholders against overreaching.

  • But, with shelter-at-home restrictions loosened so that shows can be shot in studios and on location, networks’ and streamers’ interest in programs produced exclusively remotely “has absolutely cooled off,” said one producer.

  • The men’s suit business has been in decline for years in the US, thanks to the century-long trend of clothes getting more casual and even the most conservative office places loosening up dress codes.

  • Two years later, he had released all Soviet dissidents from prison and was beginning to loosen the reins on Soviet bloc countries.

  • Not even the knowledge gleaned from all the books in the world can loosen the grasp of human sadness.

  • Add a dash of milk to loosen, although you want the mixture thick.

  • Past attempts to loosen the grip of taxi cartels have been thwarted by the industry.

  • Spurred by this success, Austin and Benedetto plan to loosen control over the guest list even more for future events.

  • With great deliberation and much formality Wu-pom Nai proceeded to loosen the boy's heavy plaits of hair.

  • Nothing is more annoying than to have the hair loosen or the head-dress fall off in a crowded ball room.

  • They learned to loosen the bark of a tree without breaking it except along one edge.

  • If thus used two or three days in succession it will effectually loosen tartar, even of long standing.

  • Inside it was a clock, which could be set to run a certain time and then loosen a sort of gunlock.