loose

🇬🇧 UK/lu:s/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 3kTOEFLA2

Definitions

v.

To set free or release; to unfasten or make less tight.

释放;松开;解开

adj.

Not firmly fixed or tightly fastened; not packaged or bundled together; not strict or precise.

松的;宽松的;不牢固的;不严格的

adv.

In a loose manner; not tightly.

松散地

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
looseother
=loose

Common Collocations

  • 1.let loose放松
  • 2.come loose松开
  • 3.cut loose摆脱束缚

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The prisoner was finally set loose after serving his sentence.

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