Lax



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 懒散的; 松弛的
• ［英］ adj. 懒散的 ( slack) ; 松弛的 ( remiss)
• ［类］ 反义词: stringent ( 严厉的)
• ［例］ I encouraged the lax parents to discipline their children more.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin laxus loose — more at slack
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. of the bowels loose, open
  • b. having loose bowels
• 2. deficient in firmness ; not stringent <lax control><a lax foreman>
• 3.
  • a. not tense, firm, or rigid ; slack <a lax rope>
  • b. having an open or loose texture
  • c. having the constituents spread apart <a lax flower cluster>
• 4. articulated with the muscles involved in a relatively relaxed state (as the vowel \\i\\ in contrast with the vowel \\ē\\)
• Synonyms: see negligent
• ? laxation noun
• ? laxly adverb
• ? laxness noun

II. noun

• Etymology: by shortening & alteration (x as symbol for -crosse)
• Date: 1951
• lacrosse

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