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

• Soap molecules surround and lift the germs, friction from rubbing your hands loosens them, and water rinses them down the drain.
  肥皂分子包围并把细菌拉起来，双手的摩擦使细菌脱离皮肤，然后水把它们冲入下水道。
• The investment policy loosens, and the Laos government established a series of investment laws called liberal by western economist since 20 centuries 80s.
  投资政策宽松，老挝政府自20世纪80年代以来制定了一系列被西方经济学家称为世界上比较开放的投资法规。
• 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。
• Coarse-grained component models usually include support for asynchronous multi-threaded interactions, which loosens the temporal coupling of components.
  粗粒度组件模型通常包括对异步多线程交互的支持，这样可以使组件的临时耦合松散化。
• In the course of the interaction between organism protein and crocidolite, the protein symmetry decreases and the structure loosens.
  肌体蛋白质在与青石棉的相互作用过程中，组织结构对称性降低，结构疏松；
• 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。
• He says the drug also loosens microtubules, tiny protein structures that make up rigid internal cell structures or mini bones of the spine.
  他说，紫杉醇还能松弛微管，那是一种微小的蛋白结构，形成脊椎小骨头的细胞组织。
• Their savvy trading across markets and time zones comes as China loosens currency controls and liberalises trading restrictions in overseas stocks and commodity markets.
  随着中国放松货币管制以及解除对海外股票和大宗商品市场的交易限制，他们开始精明地从事跨市场和时区的交易。
• With each of these releases, the necklace tangle loosens and our bodies can start to sort out the mess that has been accumulating for so many years.
  随着每一次的松弛，项链结解开了，在我们体内淤积多年的困扰得到梳理。
• In the emerging world there should be a far more vigorous assault on monopolies and a renewed commitment to reducing global trade barriers-for nothing boosts competition and loosens social barriers better than freer commerce.
  而在新兴世界，当进一步加大对垄断的打击力度，并在减少全球贸易壁垒上承担新的使命&因为只有贸易自由，才能刺激竞争，移除障碍。