lax

noun · adjectiveA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

laxes

1.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)(now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
2.
(slang, uncountable)lacrosse.
3.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping, informal)Clipping of laxative.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

laxer

Superlative

laxest

1.
Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.
Đồng nghĩa: permissive, lenient, relaxed, clement, easygoing, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, loose-handed, permissible, permissive, relaxed, remissful, safe, soft, soft-handed
2.
Loose; not tight or taut.
The rope fell lax.
Đồng nghĩa: loose, slack
3.
Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
Đồng nghĩa: blameworthy, lash, negligent, remiss, reprehensible
4.
(mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
5.
(archaic)Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
6.
(linguistics) (of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
Đồng nghĩa: slack

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

permissive lenient relaxedclementeasygoingforbearingindulgentloose-handedpermissible remissful safe softsoft-handedloose slackblameworthylash negligent remiss reprehensible

Trái nghĩa

stricttauttight

Cùng gốc / liên quan

laxfishergravlaxlox

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (salmon), from *lahs (salmon), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (salmon, trout). Cognate with lacks, lachs, lasche (salmon), las salmon, Lachs salmon, laks salmon, laks salmon, lax salmon, lax salmon, lašišà salmon, lasis, salmon, leshterik eel-grass. lox.