slack是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not tight; loose -- 不緊的，鬆的

  • These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening. 這些帳篷繩太鬆了——需要把它們拉緊。

• 1 showing little activity; not busy or happening in a positive way -- 蕭條的，不景氣的；冷清的；懈怠的

  • Business is always slack at this time of year. 每年的這個時候生意都很清淡。

  • UK disapproving Discipline in Mr Brown's class has become very slack recently. 布朗先生班上的紀律最近變得十分鬆懈。

  • UK disapproving The job is taking a long time because the workmen are so slack. 這項工作花費了很長時間，因爲工人很懶散。

• 2 the fact that something is too loose -- 鬆弛，不緊

  • There's too much slack in these ropes. 這些繩子有太多鬆弛的地方。

  • The men pulled on the ropes to take up the slack (= to tighten them). 男人們拉繩子將其收緊。

• 3 a pair of trousers, that are not part of a suit -- （不屬於套裝一部分的）長褲

  • wool slacks 羊毛長褲

• 4 very small pieces and dust from coal -- 煤屑

• 5 to work more slowly and with less effort than usual, or to go more slowly -- 鬆懈，懈怠

  • Everyone slacks off/up at the end of the week. 每個人到了週末都有些懈怠。

  • disapproving You'll be in trouble if you're caught slacking on the job. 如果你被抓到工作時偷懶，那你就麻煩了。

  • Slack off your speed as you approach the corner. 接近轉角時，你要放慢速度。