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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Loosen \Loos"en\, v. i.
To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact. --S.
Sharp.
Loosen \Loos"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.]
1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness,
or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen
a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree
good by loosening of the earth. --Bacon.
2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
It loosens his hands, and assists his understanding.
--Dryden.
3. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the
alvine discharges of. --Bacon.
资料来源 : WordNet®
loosen
v 1: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" [syn: {loose}]
[ant: {stiffen}]
2: make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the
curfew after most of the rebels were caught" [syn: {relax}]
3: become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the
new director arrived" [syn: {relax}]
4: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: {tease},
{tease apart}]
5: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the
knot"; "loosen the necktie" [syn: {untie}, {undo}]
6: make less dense; "loosen the soil"
7: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened";
"the rope relaxed" [syn: {relax}, {loose}] [ant: {stiffen}]