loosely

B2 FREQ #23267

adv. 松弛地, 宽松地, 不紧

发音

其它 /ˈluːsli/

词形变化

more loosely 比较级 most loosely 最高级

别名

loosly

释义与例句

adv. B2
  1. 1.

    In a loose manner.

  2. 2.

    Not tightly.

    Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.

  3. 3.

    Approximately.

    It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.

    a comic loosely based on an Old Norse epic

  4. 4.

    Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking

    A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 4

generally broadly broadly speaking slackly

相关短语

sit loosely sits loosely sitting loosely sat loosely sit loose 不注意, 忽视

词源

From Middle English lously; equivalent to loose + -ly.

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