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核心畫面

Picture something that isn't held tight in place: a screw that wobbles, a knot that can slip, an animal out of its cage. The thread running through every sense of 'loose' is the gap between a thing and whatever would pin it down — that gap lets it move, slide, fall off, or get away. From that one picture grow the physical senses (a loose tooth, loose clothes, loose soil), the 'set free' senses (let the dog loose, loose an arrow), and the figurative ones (a loose plan, loose talk, loose morals) where the 'tightness' that's missing is control, precision, or restraint rather than a physical grip.

可以想成一個東西沒有被牢牢固定住：一顆會晃的螺絲、一個會滑掉的結、一隻跑出籠子的動物。loose 的核心畫面，是「東…更多收起可以想成一個東西沒有被牢牢固定住：一顆會晃的螺絲、一個會滑掉的結、一隻跑出籠子的動物。loose 的核心畫面，是「東西」和「綁住它的力量」之間留了縫隙——正因為有這道縫，它才能動、能滑、能掉、能溜走。從這一個畫面長出所有意思：實體上的鬆（鬆牙、寬衣、鬆土）、放開的（放狗、射箭），再到抽象的（鬆散的計畫、不謹慎的話、放蕩的行為）——這時候缺的那份「緊」不是手上的力道，而是控制、精準或約束。

原始詞典資料29 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Loosename

  • 1

    A surname.

looseverb詞源 1/luːs/

  • 1

    To let loose, to free from restraints.

    • Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
    • And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife, The five rune-books she took out; So she loosed him fully out of the runes, Her daughter had bound him about.
  • 2

    To unfasten, to loosen.

  • 3

    To make less tight, to loosen.

  • 4

    Of a grip or hold, to let go.

  • 5

    archerygovernmenthobbiesTo shoot (an arrow).

  • 6

    obsoleteTo set sail.

    • Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
  • 7

    obsoleteTo solve; to interpret.

    • he had red her riddle, which no wight Could ever loose

looseadj詞源 1/luːs/

  • 1

    Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

    • This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
  • 2

    Not held or packaged together.

    • You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.
  • 3

    Not under control.

    • The dog is loose again.
    • The very idea of a machine set loose to slaughter is chilling.
  • 4

    Not fitting closely.

    • I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
  • 5

    Not compact.

    • It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
    • a cloth of loose texture
  • 6

    Relaxed.

    • She danced with a loose flowing movement.
  • 7

    Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.

    • a loose way of reasoning
    • The comparison employed […] must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
  • 8

    Indiscreet.

    • Loose talk costs lives.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    datedFree from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.

    • In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose, / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
    • to seeke her errant Knight; / And then againe resolu'd to hunt him out / Amongst loose Ladies, lapped in delight
  • 10

    hobbieslifestylesportsNot being in the possession of any competing team during a game.

    • He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
    • The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
  • 11

    datedNot costive; having lax bowels, diarrheic.

    • People that are very loose, have seldom strong Thoughts, or strong Bodies
  • 12

    Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood).

  • 13

    slanghobbieslifestylemotor-racingHaving oversteer.

loosenoun詞源 1/luːs/

  • 1

    archerygovernmenthobbiesThe release of an arrow.

    • In throwing a Dart, or Iavelin, wee force back our armes, to make our loose the stronger.
  • 2

    obsoleteA state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.

    • They give a loose to their feelings on proper occasions.
  • 3

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesAll play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).

    • The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose.
  • 4

    Freedom from restraint.

    • Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
    • The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
  • 5

    A letting go; discharge.

looseintj詞源 1/luːs/

  • 1

    archerygovernmenthobbiesbegin shooting; release your arrows

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。