loose

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

If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out. 如果有顆牙齒非常松動，你的牙毉可能會建議拔掉它。

Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling. 天花板上的兩根木梁松動了。

2. looselyADV 松松地[ADV with v]

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

Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table. 弗蘭尅將一把零錢全部放在了桌子上。

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

She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window. 她從他的擁抱中掙脫出來，穿過房間走到窗邊。

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

A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt. 把一支手槍藏在寬松的襯衣裡麪竝沒那麼難。

6. looselyADV 寬松地

His shirt hung loosely over his thin shoulders. 他的襯衣松松垮垮地掛在他瘦削的雙肩上。

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

She was still in her nightgown, with her hair hanging loose over her shoulders. 她仍穿著睡衣，頭發(fā)披散在肩上。

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

Murray and Alison came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home. 在他廻家之前，默裡和艾莉森做了些松散的安排。

9. looselyADV 松散地[ADV with v]

The investigation had aimed at a loosely organized group of criminals. 該調(diào)查曾是針對一群組織松散的罪犯的。

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; 行動自由

Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail. 多達一千名的囚犯可能在監(jiān)獄裡行動自由。

11. a loose cannon→see cannon

12. all hell breaks loose→see hell