| 单词 | slack |
| 例句 | slack adjective 1.•the rope went slack:loose, limp, hanging, flexible. ANT tight, taut. 2.•slack skin:flaccid, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy. ANT taut. 3.•business is slack:sluggish, slow, quiet, slow-moving, flat, depressed, stagnant. ANT thriving, busy. 4.•slack accounting procedures:lax, negligent, remiss, careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, inefficient, casual | informal sloppy, slaphappy. ANT diligent.▶noun 1.•the rope had some slack in it:looseness, play, give. 2.•foreign demand will help pick up the slack:surplus, excess, residue, spare capacity. 3.•a little slack in the daily routine:lull, pause, respite, break, hiatus, breathing space | informal letup, breather.▶verb informal •no slacking! idle, shirk, be lazy, be indolent, waste time, lounge about | informal goof off. PHRASES slack off 1.•the rain has slacked off:decrease, subside, let up, ease off, abate, diminish, die down, fall off. 2.•you deserve to slack off a bit:relax, take things easy, let up, ease up/off, loosen up, slow down | informal hang loose, chill (out). slack up •he doesn't slack up until he gets there:slow (down), decelerate, reduce speed. WORD NOTE slack Not as in •cut me some slack or •slack off, but as a synonym for "limp, loose." There's a wrongness in slack that isn't in limp or loose; a slack mouth is disturbing, revolting; a slack rope betides some terrible accident as yet unseen. Slacks, meaning "casual trousers," is of course one of the most disgusting words in English, and should be avoided both linguistically and sartorially. — EMConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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