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lax

adjective
🔊/læks/
🔊/læks/
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  1. (disapproving) not strict, severe or careful enough about work, rules or standards of behaviour不严格的；不严厉的；马虎的 synonym slack, careless
    • lax security/discipline不严格的保安措施／纪律
    • a lax attitude to health and safety regulations对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度
  2. (of parts of the body身体部位) relaxed松弛的；松音的
    • Her body went completely lax in his arms.她的身体完全松懈。
    • The glass dropped from his lax fingers onto the floor.玻璃杯从他松散的手指掉到了地板上。
    opposite tense
  3. (phonetics语音学) (of a speech sound语音) produced with the muscles of the speech organs relaxed松弛的；松音的 opposite tense
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘loose’, relating to the bowels): from Latin laxus.