lax
adjective /læks/
/læks/
- (disapproving) not strict, severe or careful enough about work, rules or standards of behaviour
synonym slack, careless不严格的;不严厉的;马虎的 - 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
- lax security/discipline
- (of parts of the body
) relaxed身体部位 松弛的;松音的 - Her body went completely lax in his arms.
她的身体在他的怀抱中完全放松了。 - The glass dropped from his lax fingers onto the floor.
玻璃从他松松垮垮的手指上掉到了地板上。
- Her body went completely lax in his arms.
- (phonetics
) (of a speech sound语音学 ) produced with the muscles of the speech organs relaxed语音 opposite tense松弛的;松音的
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘loose’, relating to the bowels): from Latin laxus.