Adjective:
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement;loose gravel
of a ball in sport not in the possession or control of any player;a loose ball
not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting;loose clothing
the large shoes were very loose
not officially recognized or controlled;an informal agreement
a loose organization of the local farmers
not literal;a loose interpretation of what she had been told
a free translation of the poem
emptying easily or excessively;loose bowels
not affixed;the stamp came loose
not tense or taut;the old man's skin hung loose and grey
slack and wrinkled skin
slack sails
a slack rope
of textures full of small openings or gaps;an open texture
a loose weave
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility;idle talk
a loose tongue
not carefully arranged in a package;a box of loose nails
having escaped, especially from confinement;a convict still at large
searching for two escaped prisoners
dogs loose on the streets
criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;her easy virtue
he was told to avoid loose or light women
wanton behavior
Adverb:
without restraint;cows in India are running loose
Verb:
grant freedom to; free from confinementturn loose or free from restraint;let loose mines
Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
make loose or looser;loosen the tension on a rope
become loose or looser or less tight;The noose loosened
the rope relaxed
loose，slack这两个形容词均含“松驰的”之意。
loose常用，通俗，指人的精神或东西的松驰。
slack强调缺乏牢固性或稳固性，不坚定。
1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古北欧语的lauss，意为松弛的，自由的，空白的；最初源自古英语的leas，意为缺乏的，错误的。
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词loose life散漫的生活loose thinker思想不严密的人loose tongue随口乱讲动词+～break loose挣脱come loose松开来cut loose解开hold loose漠然置之let loose释放set loose松手
近义词 freeuntiedunfastened反义词 closetensetightstrictcompact
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.She is wearing a loose dress.她穿着一件宽松的连衣裙。
Loose shirts are good for summer wear.夏季适合穿肥大的衬衣。
The radio wasn't working because of a loose connection in the wires.这台收音机坏了,是由于电线接头不牢的原因。
He is a loose thinker.他是个思维不严密的人。
That word has many loose meanings.那个词有很多不确切的含意。
用作表语
S+be+～The buttons on my coat are loose.我上衣的纽扣松了。
Your translation is rather loose.你的译文不怎么确切。
The horse is loose in the field.马在田野里自由自在。S+be+～+to- vHis logic is too loose to make much sense.他的推理太不严密,没什么道理。
用作宾语补足语
S+V+O+～I have one hand loose but the other is tied.我的一只手松开着,另一只被捆。loose与loosen，lose的比较：loose作动词指“释放，放松”，作形容词指“宽松的”。loosen作动词，指“松开，解开”。lose是一个不规则动词，意为“丢失，遗失”。lose还常用来表示运动比赛中的“输”，且在主语为人时，不可使用被动语态。
形容词95%,名词3%,动词2%
用作名词用作动词Men wereloosingoff at shadows.士兵向黑影射击。 And it is an organisation only in the loosest sense of the term.
仅仅广义地来说，这是一个机构。 yeeyan
The computations and discussions were made for the loosest assembling pattern of soil particles with equal diameter.
针对等直径土颗粒松散排列方式进行了具体计算与讨论。 cgejournal
And even they are“ wheeled organisms” in the loosest use of the term, since they use rolling as a form of locomotion.
而因为他们用滚动作为一种移动方式，以这种形式的最宽松使用来说，他们也只是“轮状组织”。 yeeyan
As bleak as the lyrics are, though, they're buoyed by the band's leanest, loosest songwriting yet.
尽管歌词凄凉，但是，乐队到现在以来最精简松散的作曲却使它们漂浮起来。 yeeyan
It's ridiculous when the loosest guy at the table has trouble getting action, but I've seen it many times.
桌上最松的玩家却很难得到回应这本身就是荒唐的，但我确实看到太多这样的情形。 zhiyoucheng.com
Police reckon that just over 40% of the cases are“ politically motivated”, but they mean this in the loosest sense.
警方估计只有40%多的案例是因“政治动机”，然而这只是他们的最保守看法。 ecocn
So it is worrying that global monetary policy is now at its loosest since the1970s: the average world real interest rate is negative.
令人担忧的是目前的货币政策处于70年代以来最宽松的状态：全球平均真实利率为负数。 ecocn
When trying it on, always start on the loosest clasp.
试穿的时候，先试最宽松的扣子。 yeeyan
When trying a new bra, always fasten the middle or loosest hook.
试新文胸时，要收紧中间或松开钩子。 yeeyan