slacken

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源自中古英語 slakenen，等同於slack +‎ -en。

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slacken (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 slackens，現在分詞 slackening，一般過去時及過去分詞 slackened)

  1. (不及物) 放緩，減緩；鬆弛，懈怠
    The pace slackened. ― 步子放慢了。
    • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:
      He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time.
  2. (及物) 使放緩，使減緩，使鬆弛
    • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I:
      During this interlude, Warwick, though he had slackened his pace measurably, had so nearly closed the gap between himself and them as to hear the old woman say, with the dulcet negro intonation: […]
    • 1986, Mari Sandoz, The Horsecatcher:
      Elk slackened the rope so he could walk farther away, and together they went awkwardly up the trail toward the grassy little flat...
  3. 與水混合，使其黏性降低
    to slacken lime

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