loosens

英 [ˈluːsnz]

美 [ˈluːsnz]

v.  (使)放松，变松; 解开，松开(衣服、头发等); 松开，放开(手等)
loosen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 放宽，放松（限制、法律等）
  If someoneloosensrestrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe.
  1. Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates...
     不少企业集团一直在向联邦储备委员会施压，要求其放松利率管制。
  2. Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields.
     钻探条例亦已放宽，以加速油田的开发。
• V-ERG （使）（关系）弱化（或疏远）
  If someone or somethingloosensthe ties between people or groups of people, or if the tiesloosen, they become weaker.
  1. The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States...
     联邦共和国必须疏远其与美国的关系。
  2. The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions...
     该政党的二把手对疏远与工会之间关系一事态度谨慎。
  3. The ties that bind them together are loosening.
     将他们紧密联系在一起的纽带正在弱化。
• V-ERG 解开；松开；变松
  If youloosenyour clothing or something that is tied or fastened or if itloosens, you undo it slightly so that it is less tight or less firmly held in place.
  1. He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck...
     他伸手松了松脖子上的围巾。
  2. Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned...
     松一松插销，好转动门闩。
  3. Her hair had loosened and was tangled around her shoulders.
     她的头发打了开来，散乱地披在肩上。
• VERB 使松弛
  If youloosensomething that is stretched across something else, you make it less stretched or tight.
  1. Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin.
     在鸡胸上方插进一把小刀，以使鸡皮不要绷得太紧。
• V-ERG 松（手）
  If youloosenyour grip on something, or if your griploosens, you hold it less tightly.
  1. Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free...
     哈里的手稍一放松，安娜便挣脱出来。
  2. When his grip loosened she eased herself away.
     他紧抓她的手松了一下，她便抽身而出。
• V-ERG 放宽，放松（控制）
  If a government or organizationloosensits grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its griploosens, it begins to have less control over it.
  1. There is no sign that the Party will loosen its tight grip on the country...
     没有迹象显示该党会放松对国家的严密控制。
  2. The Soviet Union's grip on Eastern Europe loosened.
     苏联对东欧的控制已经放松。
• PHRASE 使打开话匣；使嘴不严
  If you say that somethinghas loosenedsomeone'stongue, you mean that it has made them talk about something, often when they should have remained silent.
  1. The wine had loosened his tongue.
     酒一下肚，他便打开了话匣。

双语例句

• Extracting the nutrients from bones is accomplished through long cooking and by adding some acid to the pot, like vinegar, wine or a bit of tomato paste, which loosens and dissolves the tough bits.
  从骨头中萃取这些营养素要靠长时间熬制，加入醋、葡萄酒或番茄酱等酸性物质能帮助溶解骨头中较硬的部分。
• More serious are the slabs of snow that get very deep during winter. ( 2) Then, on a pleasant spring day, the warmth of the sun loosens the slab and it drops quickly to the valley below.
  更为危险的是那些在冬天积得很厚的雪板。然后，在一个晴朗的春日，太阳的温暖使雪板松动，迅速地往下面的山谷落下去。
• My life when young was like a flower-a flower that loosens A petal or two from her abundance and never feels the loss when the spring breeze comes to beg at her door.
  年轻的时候，我的生命像一朵花&在和煦春风来到她门口乞求时，这朵花从她的所有里施舍一二片花瓣，也从不感到有什么损失。
• No-Fault Divorce Statute loosens the law confinement to a marriage so that divorce becomes a very easy thing.
  无过错离婚法案使得法律放松了对婚姻的约束，使得离婚变成了一件很容易的事情。
• Has whitewashed the old wall surface spreads again when please use the high-pressured water gun flushing or eliminates the pine with the shovel eradication to float the varnish film which the material and loosens.
  粉刷过的旧墙面重涂时请用高压水枪冲洗或用铲刀铲除以清除松浮物质和松脱的漆膜。
• Espinas shows very well how the jealousy of the males during the mating season loosens the ties of every social herd or temporarily breaks it up.
  斯皮纳斯非常清楚地说明了，雄性在交尾期内的忌妒是怎样削弱或者暂时瓦解任何共居生活的群。
• It loosens everyone up right off and she feels like a part of family by the end of the game.
  这使得所有人很快放松，在游戏的最后她自己也感到成了这家里的一部分。
• This explains why, contrary to normal usage, copper prices tend to rise when Chinese monetary policy is tight, and fall as it loosens.
  这就解释了，为什么铜价在中国收紧货币政策的情况下会出现上升的倾向，而在货币政策放松时会出现下降的倾向，这种情形和铜真正投入使用的结果截然相反。
• Alcohol and drugs dull your awareness, loosens you inhibitions and reduces your ability to make safe choices.
  酒精和药物会迷惑你的理智，放松你的警惕，降低你做出安全选择的能力。
• With a wrench he loosens the nuts which fuse the fuel line between tank and engine.
  他用钳子扭松了接连油箱与发动机的油管上的螺钉帽。