slacken

英语

词源

源自中古英语 slakenen，等同于slack +‎ -en。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈslæ.kən/

  • 音频 (英式)：

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• 韵部：-ækən

动词

slacken (第三人称单数简单现在时 slackens，现在分词 slackening，一般过去时及过去分词 slackened)

1. (不及物) 放缓，减缓；松弛，懈怠

   The pace slackened. ― 步子放慢了。

   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:

     He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time.

2. (及物) 使放缓，使减缓，使松弛
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I:

     During this interlude, Warwick, though he had slackened his pace measurably, had so nearly closed the gap between himself and them as to hear the old woman say, with the dulcet negro intonation: […]

   • 1986, Mari Sandoz, The Horsecatcher:

     Elk slackened the rope so he could walk farther away, and together they went awkwardly up the trail toward the grassy little flat...

3. 与水混合，使其黏性降低

   to slacken lime

相关词汇

• slack
• slacker

异序词

• cankles, snackle