loosely

英 [ˈluːsli]

美 [ˈluːsli]

adv.  宽松地; 松散地; 不精确地

CET6TOEFL

Oxford 3000 / BNC.7559 / COCA.6916

牛津词典

adv.

• 宽松地；松散地
  in a way that is not firm or tight
  1. She fastened the belt loosely around her waist.
     她把皮带松松地系在腰上。
• 不精确地
  in a way that is not exact
  1. to use a term loosely
     宽泛地使用术语
  2. The play is loosely based on his childhood in Russia.
     那部剧大致上是根据他在俄罗斯的童年生活写成的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 松动的；未固定牢的
  Something that islooseis not firmly held or fixed in place.
  1. If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out...
     如果有一颗牙齿很松，牙医可能会建议你把它拔掉。
  2. Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling...
     房顶上有两根木梁已经松动。
  3. His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open...
     他的领带拽松了，领口敞着。
  4. She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirt.
     她无聊地扯着裙子上一根松掉的线头。
• ADJ 零散的；不相连的；松脱的
  Something that islooseis not attached to anything, or held or contained in anything.
  1. Two young men were racing motorcycles on the loose gravel...
     两个小伙子正在松散的砾石路面上赛摩托车。
  2. Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table...
     弗兰克将一把零钱撒在桌子上。
  3. A page came loose and floated onto the tiles.
     有一页纸脱落下来，飘落到地砖上。
• ADJ 不受束缚的；未拴住的
  If people or animals breaklooseor are setloose, they are no longer held, tied, or kept somewhere and can move around freely.
  1. She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window...
     她从他怀抱里挣脱出来，走到窗前。
  2. Why didn't you tell me she'd been set loose?...
     你干吗不告诉我她已经自由了？
  3. Jack was chased by a loose dog.
     杰克被一只没被拴住的狗追赶。
• ADJ-GRADED （衣服）宽松的，肥大的，宽大的
  Clothes that arelooseare rather large and do not fit closely.
  1. A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt...
     在宽松的衬衣下藏一把手枪并不难。
  2. Wear loose clothes as they're more comfortable.
     穿宽松的衣服，这样会更舒服。
• ADJ （头发）披散的，散开的
  If your hair isloose, it hangs freely round your shoulders and is not tied back.
  1. She was still in her nightdress, with her hair hanging loose over her shoulders.
     她还穿着睡衣，头发披散至肩。
• ADJ 疏松的；稀松的；结构不紧密的
  If something isloosein texture, there is space between the different particles or threads it consists of.
  1. She gathered loose soil and let it filter slowly through her fingers.
     她捧起疏松的泥土，任其缓缓地从指间漏下。
• ADJ-GRADED （分组、安排、组织等）松散的，随便的，自由的
  Aloosegrouping, arrangement, or organization is flexible rather than strictly controlled or organized.
  1. Murray and Alison came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home...
     默里在回家前和艾莉森达成了大致的约定。
  2. He wants a loose coalition of leftwing forces.
     他希望左翼力量形成一个松散的联盟。
• ADJ-GRADED 意义含糊的；不严谨的；不精确的
  Loosewords or expressions are not exact but rather vague.
  1. ...a loose translation...
     不精确的译文
  2. He despised loose thinking.
     他鄙视不严谨的思维。
• ADJ-GRADED 放荡的；淫荡的
  If someone describes a woman or someone's behaviour asloose, they disapprove of that person because they think she or he has sexual relationships with too many people.
  1. Is an actress who strips off in public necessarily a loose woman in private?...
     在公众面前宽衣解带的女演员私下里就一定是荡妇吗？
  2. Lust now seems to be associated with casual sex and loose morals.
     色欲如今似乎与性生活随便和道德放纵联系在一起了。
• VERB 发射（子弹、箭、导弹等）
  Toloosea shot, arrow, or missile means to fire it.
  1. He trained his gun down and loosed a brief burst.
     他用枪瞄准下面后，砰砰射出一串子弹。
  2. Loose offmeans the same asloose.
     loose off同loose
  3. He loosed off two shots at the oncoming car.
     他朝迎面开过来的车子放了两枪。
• VERB 松开；放开；解开
  If youloosesomething, you hold it less tightly or untie it slightly or completely.
  1. He gave a grunt and loosed his grip on the rifle...
     他闷哼了一声，松开了握着来复枪的手。
  2. The guards loosed his arms.
     警卫放开了他的胳膊。
• PHRASE 在逃
  If a person or an animal ison the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place.
  1. Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail...
     监狱里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
  2. A man-eating lion is on the loose somewhere in England.
     英格兰有一头吃人的狮子跑出来了。
• aloose cannon→ see:cannon

Do not confuselooseandlose.Looseis usually an adjective. If something isloose, it is not properly fixed or held in place....the loose floorboards on the landing. ...a loose tooth.Loseis a verb. If you lose something, you no longer have it and cannot find it.I've lost my wallet.The past pariciple and past tense ofloseare bothlost.
不要混淆loose和lose。loose通常作形容词，表示不牢固或没有固定好，如：the loose floorboards on the landing（楼梯平台上松动的地板），a loose tooth（松动的牙齿）。lose则为动词，表示丢失，如：I've lost my wallet.（我丢了钱包）。lose的过去式和过去分词均为lost。

英英释义

adv

• knitted in a loose manner
  1. loosely knit
• in a relaxed manner
  1. his hands lay loosely
  Synonym:slackly
• without regard to specific details or exceptions
  1. he interprets the law broadly
  Synonym:broadlybroadly speakinggenerally
• in a loose manner
  1. a union of loosely federated states

双语例句

• A curl of black hair fell loosely across his forehead.
  他的额头上垂着一绺散开的黑色卷发。
• This discovery and delegation provides a quick and powerful method for achieving a loosely coupled integration.
  这种发现和委托为获得一个耦合度不高的集成方案，提供了一种快速且强大的方法。
• I have loosely divided the API into two parts: the platform API and the editor API.
  我将API大致分为两个部分：平台API和编辑器API。
• While this limits some of your design choices, it keeps the various tools loosely coupled.
  尽管这限制了你的一些设计选择，但是它保持了各种工具之间的松散耦合。
• It should be loosely coupled to distributed technologies and loosely coupled to implementation technology.
  它应该与分布式技术松散耦合，与实现技术松散耦合。
• Modules are not directly dependent on one another but can communicate with each other in a loosely coupled fashion.
  模块没有直接互相依赖，但可以沟通，每一个松散的耦合方式等。
• The article is loosely organized.
  文章结构松散。
• This use of interfaces and metadata in the manifest enforces loosely coupled yet tightly cohesive modules.
  这些接口和清单中的元数据的使用实现了松散耦合但紧密聚合的模块。
• Make an SOA ecosystem manageable and loosely coupled.
  使SOA生态系统具有可管理性，且组件间采用松散耦合方式。
• Services are loosely bound and invoked through communication protocols that stress location transparency and interoperability.
  服务被松散绑定，并且可以通过强调位置透明性和互操作性的通信协议进行调用。