lax
英 [læks]
美 [læks]
- n. 松元音;泻肚
- adj. 松的;松懈的;腹泻的
- n. (Lax)人名;(英、法、德、意、芬、匈、瑞典)拉克斯
lax 泻肚,松弛的,松懈的来自PIE*sleg,松弛的,放松的,词源同languish,slack.该词原义使肠胃放松,即排便,引申词义松弛的,松懈的等。
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lax: see lease, relish
- lax (adj.)
- c. 1400, "loose" (in reference to bowels), from Latin laxus "wide, loose, open," figuratively "loose, free, wide," from PIE root *(s)leg- "to be slack, be languid" (cognates: Greek legein "to leave off, stop," lagos "hare," literally "with drooping ears," lagnos "lustful, lascivious," lagaros "slack, hollow, shrunken;" Latin languere "to be faint, weary," languidis "faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid"). Of rules, discipline, etc., attested from mid-15c.
- lax (n.)
- "salmon," from Old English leax (see lox).
- 1. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel.
- 问题之一是对机场员工的安检措施马虎松懈。
- 2. There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax.
- 生还者一直指责安全标准执行不严。
- 3. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
- 对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度
- 4. Lax security allowed the thieves to enter.
- 松懈的保安措施使小偷有机可乘.
- 5. Financial discipline is lax.
- 财政纪律松驰.