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单词 free
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adjective | verb
freefree1 /fri/ adjective 1 not costing any money► free
not costing any money:
  • The rides at the school fair are free.
  • They were giving away free samples of food.
    • ► free of charge
    free of charge means the same as free but is used mostly to advertise services that are free:
  • The first hour with the lawyer is free of charge, but his fee after that is $500 per hour.
    • ► for free also for nothing (informal)
    without paying or being paid:
  • Shane paid $10 for the CD, but I got mine for free.
  • I babysit for her, so she cuts my hair for nothing.
    • ► at no extra cost
    free. At no extra cost is used in advertising to say that if you are buying something, another thing is free:
  • When you buy this set of knives, we will give you the scissors at no extra cost.
    • ► complimentary (formal)
    free. You use complimentary about additional things that you get from a business such as a hotel or restaurant when you use their services:
  • Customers will receive a complimentary drink with their meal.
    • 2 able to do what you want without being controlled by others► free
    able to do what you want without being controlled by someone else:
  • He left the prison, a free man again.
  • When you pay the entrance fee, you are free to go anywhere in the building and the gardens.
    • ► loose
    free to move around an area. You use loose about an animal that escapes from a cage or rope, or that is able to move around an enclosed area:
  • The horses got loose and ran off into the woods.
  • The chickens are allowed to run loose in the yard.
    • ► out
    free. You use out about an animal or prisoner who is no longer in a prison, cage, or in another locked place:
  • I was in prison for ten years, but I have been out for five.
  • One of the puppies got out and crawled under the fence.
    • ► at large
    a criminal or prisoner who is at large has escaped from prison or the police and has not been caught:
  • The two men suspected in the shooting are still at large.
    •  ➔ see empty1 for free meaning “not being used by another person”
    adjective | verb
    freefree2 /fri/ verb ► free
    to let someone leave prison or a place where he or she has been forced to stay, or to let someone stop being a slave:
  • The two men were freed from prison after five years.
  • The biggest reason for the Civil War was to free the slaves.
    • ► set free
    to let a person or animal leave a place where he, she, or it has been forced to stay:
  • I opened the trap and set the mouse free.
  • The pirates set their prisoners free when they received the payment from the king.
    • ► release AWL
    to let a person or an animal leave a place where he, she, or it has been forced to stay. Release is often used in official language:
  • Park rangers released the bear into the wild.
  • The crowd demanded that the woman be released from prison.
    • ► let go (informal)
    let go means the same as release but is more informal:
  • Please let her go - she is just a child.
  • We have to let the bird go – it’s a wild animal and it doesn’t belong with us.
    • ► liberate AWL
    to free people or a place from someone’s control, especially control by a military government or a dictator (=ruler who uses force to stay in power):
  • We will never stop fighting until we liberate our country.
    • ► emancipate (formal)
    to make someone free and able to have the same rights as other people in society:
  • The group is working to emancipate women all over the world, to give them the same rights as men.
    • ANTONYMS ➔ see prison (2) for put in prison ➔ see drop1SYNONYM CHECKFree, set free, release, or let go?You use free especially when a decision has been made to free someone, or when someone is freed because of a rule. Do not use free about letting animals leave cages.You use set free, release, and let go especially to show that something physically happens to allow the person or animal to leave a place, for example because someone has opened a door. Set free sounds slightly literary, and release sounds official. Let go is the most informal, and is most likely to be used when you are speaking.
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