loose /luːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( looser, loosest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Something that is loose is not firmly held or fixed in place. 松的

  例：

  If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out.

  如果有颗牙齿非常松动，你的牙医可能会建议拔掉它。

  例：

  Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling.

  天花板上的两根木梁松动了。

• 2. 

  loosely ADV 松松地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Tim clasped his hands together and held them loosely in front of his belly.

  蒂姆十指交叉搭在腹前。

• 3. 

  ADJ Something that is loose is not attached to anything, or held or contained in anything. 零散的

  例：

  Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table.

  弗兰克将一把零钱全部放在了桌子上。

• 4. 

  ADJ If people or animals break loose or are set loose, they are no longer held, tied, or kept somewhere and can move around freely. 自由的

  例：

  She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window.

  她从他的拥抱中挣脱出来，穿过房间走到窗边。

• 5. 

  ADJ Clothes that are loose are somewhat large and do not fit closely. 宽松的

  例：

  A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt.

  把一支手枪藏在宽松的衬衣里面并没那么难。

• 6. 

  loosely ADV 宽松地

  例：

  His shirt hung loosely over his thin shoulders.

  他的衬衣松松垮垮地挂在他瘦削的双肩上。

• 7. 

  ADJ If your hair is loose, it hangs freely around your shoulders and is not tied back. 披散的

  例：

  She was still in her nightgown, with her hair hanging loose over her shoulders.

  她仍穿着睡衣，头发披散在肩上。

• 8. 

  ADJ A loose grouping, arrangement, or organization is flexible rather than strictly controlled or organized. 松散的 (分组、安排、组织)

  例：

  Murray and Alison came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home.

  在他回家之前，默里和艾莉森做了些松散的安排。

• 9. 

  loosely ADV 松散地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  The investigation had aimed at a loosely organized group of criminals.

  该调查曾是针对一群组织松散的罪犯的。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place. 在逃; 行动自由

  例：

  Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail.

  多达一千名的囚犯可能在监狱里行动自由。

• 11. 

  a loose cannon →see cannon

• 12. 

  all hell breaks loose →see hell