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ADJ-GRADED
松動的；未固定牢的
Something that is loose is not firmly held or fixed in place.
例句
If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out...
如果有一顆牙齒很松，牙醫可能會建議你把它拔掉。
Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling...
房頂上有兩根木梁已經松動。
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ADJ
零散的；不相連的；松脫的
Something that is loose is not attached to anything, or held or contained in anything.
例句
Two young men were racing motorcycles on the loose gravel...
兩個小伙子正在松散的礫石路面上賽摩托車。
Frank emptied a handful of loose change on the table...
弗蘭克將一把零錢撒在桌子上。
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ADJ
不受束縛的；未拴住的
If people or animals break loose or are set loose, they are no longer held, tied, or kept somewhere and can move around freely.
例句
She broke loose from his embrace and crossed to the window...
她從他懷抱里掙脫出來，走到窗前。
Why didn't you tell me she'd been set loose?...
你干嗎不告訴我她已經自由了？
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ADJ-GRADED
（衣服）寬松的，肥大的，寬大的
Clothes that are loose are rather large and do not fit closely.
例句
A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt...
在寬松的襯衣下藏一把手槍并不難。
Wear loose clothes as they're more comfortable.
穿寬松的衣服，這樣會更舒服。
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ADJ
（頭發）披散的，散開的
If your hair is loose, it hangs freely round your shoulders and is not tied back.
例句
She was still in her nightdress, with her hair hanging loose over her shoulders.
她還穿著睡衣，頭發披散至肩。
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ADJ
疏松的；稀松的；結構不緊密的
If something is loose in texture, there is space between the different particles or threads it consists of.
例句
She gathered loose soil and let it filter slowly through her fingers.
她捧起疏松的泥土，任其緩緩地從指間漏下。
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ADJ-GRADED
（分組、安排、組織等）松散的，隨便的，自由的
A loose grouping, arrangement, or organization is flexible rather than strictly controlled or organized.
例句
Murray and Alison came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home...
默里在回家前和艾莉森達成了大致的約定。
He wants a loose coalition of leftwing forces.
他希望左翼力量形成一個松散的聯盟。
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ADJ-GRADED
意義含糊的；不嚴謹的；不精確的
Loose words or expressions are not exact but rather vague.
例句
...a loose translation...
不精確的譯文
He despised loose thinking.
他鄙視不嚴謹的思維。
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ADJ-GRADED
放蕩的；淫蕩的
If someone describes a woman or someone's behaviour as loose, they disapprove of that person because they think she or he has sexual relationships with too many people.
例句
Is an actress who strips off in public necessarily a loose woman in private?...
在公眾面前寬衣解帶的女演員私下里就一定是蕩婦嗎？
Lust now seems to be associated with casual sex and loose morals.
色欲如今似乎與性生活隨便和道德放縱聯系在一起了。
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VERB
發射（子彈、箭、導彈等）
To loose a shot, arrow, or missile means to fire it.
例句
He trained his gun down and loosed a brief burst.
他用槍瞄準下面后，砰砰射出一串子彈。
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VERB
松開；放開；解開
If you loose something, you hold it less tightly or untie it slightly or completely.
例句
He gave a grunt and loosed his grip on the rifle...
他悶哼了一聲，松開了握著來復槍的手。
The guards loosed his arms.
警衛放開了他的胳膊。
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PHRASE
在逃
If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place.
例句
Up to a thousand prisoners may be on the loose inside the jail...
監獄里可能有上千名囚犯跑出了牢房。
A man-eating lion is on the loose somewhere in England.
英格蘭有一頭吃人的獅子跑出來了。