loose /lus/
adjective
- not firmly fixed where it should be; able to become separated from something 未固定牢的；可分開的
1.a loose button/tooth 鬆動的鈕扣╱牙齒
2.Check that the plug has not come loose. 檢查一下別讓插頭鬆脫了。
- not tied together; not held in position by anything or contained in anything 未繫（或捆）在一起的；未固定的；零散的
1.She usually wears her hair loose. 她通常披散着頭髮。
2.The potatoes were sold loose, not in bags. 土豆是散裝而不是袋裝出售。
- free to move around without control; not tied up or shut in somewhere 不受約束；未束縛；自由 not usually before noun
1.The sheep had got out and were loose on the road. 那些羊跑出來在路上自由自在地走動。
2.The horse had broken loose(= escaped)from its tether. 那匹馬掙脫繮繩跑了。
3.During the night, somebody had cut the boat loose from its moorings. 有人在夜間砍斷了泊船的纜繩。
-not fitting closely 寬鬆的
1.a loose jacket/shirt 寬大的上衣╱襯衫
- not tightly packed together; not solid or hard 疏鬆的；不結實的；不堅固的
1.loose soil 疏鬆的土壤
2.a fabric with a loose weave 編織稀疏的織物
- not strictly organized or controlled 組織不嚴密的；未嚴加控制的
1.a loose alliance/coalition/federation 鬆散的聯盟╱同盟╱聯邦
- not exact; not very careful 不精確的；不嚴謹的；不周密的
1.a loose translation 不準確的譯文
2.loose thinking 不嚴密的思想
- not in any player's control 無球員控制的 sport
1.He pounced on a loose ball. 他猛然撲向一個無人控制的球。
- having too much liquid in it 稀的
1.a baby with loose bowel movements 患腹瀉的嬰兒
Idiom:
- break/cut/tear (something) loose from somebody/something
to separate yourself or somebody/something from a group of people or their influence, etc. （使）擺脫，掙脫
1.The organization broke loose from its sponsors. 那家機構擺脫了贊助商。
2.He cut himself loose from his family. 他擺脫了家庭的束縛。
- hang/stay loose informal, especially American English
to remain calm; to not worry 保持鎮靜；不着急
1.It's OK─hang loose and stay cool. 沒事兒，你要鎮定，要冷靜。
- have a loose tongue
to talk too much, especially about things that are private （尤指對隱私）多嘴，饒舌
- let loose British English, informal
to do something or to happen in a way that is not controlled 不受控制；自在發生
1.Teenagers need a place to let loose. 青少年需要一個可縱情嬉鬧的地方。
- let loose something
to make a noise or remark, especially in a loud or sudden way （尤指大聲或突然）發出，喊出，發表
1.She let loose a stream of abuse. 她破口大罵起來。
- let somebody/something loose
to free somebody/something from whatever holds them/it in place 讓…自由；釋放；放開
1.She let her hair loose and it fell around her shoulders. 她的頭髮一解開，便順着肩膀垂了下來。
2.Who's let the dog loose? 誰把狗放出來了？
- to give somebody complete freedom to do what they want in a place or situation 任（某人）自由行動；使隨心所欲；放任
1.He was at last let loose in the kitchen. 終於放手讓他幹廚房裏的活兒了。
2.A team of professionals were let loose on the project. 有一組專業人員在放心大膽地做這個項目。
verb
- to release something or let it happen or be expressed in an uncontrolled way 釋放；放任；不受約束地表達 ~ sth (on/upon sb/sth) VN formal
1.His speech loosed a tide of nationalist sentiment. 他的講話表露出一種強烈的民族主義情緒。
- to make something loose, especially something that is tied or held tightly 鬆開，放開（尤指束緊或緊握的東西） VN formal
1.He loosed the straps that bound her arms. 他鬆開了綁在她手臂上的帶子。
-to fire bullets, arrows, etc. 射出（子彈、箭等） ~ sth (off) (at sb/sth) VN formal
noun
Idiom:
-on the loose
of a person or an animal 人或動物 having escaped from somewhere; free 已逃出；自由
