slack
adj
(-er, -est)
1 not tight or tense; loose 不紧的; 松弛的: a slack rope 松弛的绳子
The boxer's jaw went slack. 那拳击手的下巴松了下来.
Your grip on the bar is too slack. 这根棒你握得太松了.
2
(a) ~ (at/about sth) (of a person) giving little care and energy to a task (指人)懈怠的, 疏忽的
He's been getting slack and making silly mistakes. 他越来越懒散, 出了些荒谬的错误.
Don't get slack about doing yourexercises. 不要疏於练习.
(b) not carefully done, planned,etc; lax (做得、 计画得)粗心的, 马虎的, 松散的
Organization of the conference was rather slack. 会议的组织工作很松散.
3 (of business) not having many customers, sales, etc; not busy (指生意)清淡, 萧条, 不景气
Trade is slack in winter. 冬季贸易不景气.
Demand is slack over the summer months. 夏季的几个月市场滞销.
4 (esp of water) slow-moving; sluggish (尤指水流)缓慢的, 滞缓的. slack, v
1 [I] be lazy; avoid work 怠惰; 偷懒
Stop slacking and get on with that digging! 别偷懒, 继续挖!
2 (phr v) slack off/up
(a) reduce one's level of activity 松懈; 放松
After intense work in the summer, we are slacking off now. 夏季紧张的工作过後, 我们现在放松了.
(b) reduce speed 减速; 放慢
Slack off/up as youapproach the junction. 接近交叉口时要减速. slack (sth) up make (a rope, etc) less tight or tense 将(绳子等)放松.
slack n
1 [U] slack part of a rope, etc (绳等的)松弛部分
too much slack in the tow-rope 拖缆很松.
2 slacks [pl]
casual trousers for men or women 宽松的裤子(便装的男裤或女裤)
a pair of slacks 一条宽松的裤子.
3 [U] coal-dust left over after coal has been screened (煤经筛後剩下的)煤末.
4 (idm 习语) take up the `slack
(a) pull on a rope, etc so that it is no longer slack 拉紧绳子
The tractor took up the slack and pulled the trailer out of the mud. 拖拉机拉紧拖缆把拖车从泥中拉了出来.
(b) (in industry) make little-used resources more productive (工业中)充分利用闲置资源.
When you have finished your experiment, please tidy the lab and put everything back in the cupboards.
做完实验后,请你们把实验室整理好,并把所有的东西放回器皿柜。
Yes, very hard. Years of hard work, very little food, only a small cold room to live in and never a moment's rest.
是的,境况很不好。多年劳累,食不果腹,斗室寒舍,从无休息。
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;