lax

lax
adjective
  1. not sufficiently strict or severe
    松弛的,不严格的
    lax security arrangements at the airport.
    松弛的机场安全工作安排。
    he'd been a bit lax about discipline in school lately.
    他近来在学校纪律方面有些放松。
    ■careless
    粗心的,疏忽的
    a mixture of demanding bowling and lax batsmanship saw four wickets fall after lunch.
    难击的投球加上击球术无力使午饭后四位击手出局。
  2. (of the limbs or muscles) relaxed
    (四肢,肌肉)松弛
    ■(of the bowels) loose
    (肠子)腹泻的
    ■(Phonetics)(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed
    (语音)(语音,尤指元音)松(弛)的。 tense的反义词
派生
laxity
noun
laxly
adverb
laxness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'loose', said of the bowels): from Latin laxus
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