Loose

(adj.) not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; 'loose gravel' .

(adj.) (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; 'a loose ball' .

(adj.) not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; 'loose clothing'; 'the large shoes were very loose' .

(adj.) not carefully arranged in a package; 'a box of loose nails' .

(adj.) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; 'an open texture'; 'a loose weave' .

(adj.) not tense or taut; 'the old man's skin hung loose and grey'; 'slack and wrinkled skin'; 'slack sails'; 'a slack rope' .

(adv.) without restraint; 'cows in India are running loose'.

桃乐茜编辑

• I shook her loose--the mystery! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a d?mon, whose delight is in death and wretchedness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• What's let loose upon us? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The movements of the enemy may justify, or even make it your imperative duty, to cut loose from your base, and strike for the interior to aid Sherman. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Next a mad zitidar was loosed among the remaining dogs, and so it went throughout the long, hot, horrible day. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• He carried the child over, and before the timid arm was loosed from his neck asked her for a kiss. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Someone has loosed the dog. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• After a silence, she loosed him, to dry her eyes and regain her strong quiet influence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But why would you return to face again the fierce banth, or whatever other form of destruction they have loosed within that awful trap? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Never was a more undisguised schemer, a franker, looser intriguer. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Her black hair was looser now than either of them had ever seen it before, and surrounded her brow like a forest. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

校对:奥利弗