slack
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(uncountable)The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
the slack of a rope or of a sail
take in the slack
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A dip in a surface.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
- 4.
(countable)A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
- 5.
(uncountable)(uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
- 6.
(attributive, countable, form of, uncountable)Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).
- 7.
(rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.
- 8.
(countable)A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.
- 9.
A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.
- 10.
(uncountable)(mining) Small coal; coal dust.
Đồng nghĩa: culm
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.
a slack rope
- 2.
Weak; not holding fast.
a slack hand
- 3.
Moderate in some capacity.
- 4.
Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
slack in duty or service
- 5.
Not active or busy, successful, or violent.
Business is slack.
the slack period following the main tourist season
- 6.
Excess; surplus to requirements.
the slack capacity of an oil pipeline
- 7.
(Caribbean, Jamaica, slang)Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
- 8.
(linguistics) Lax.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Slackly.
slack dried hops
Her clothes hung slack on her.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To slacken.
- 2.
(obsolete)To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
- 3.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.
Lime slacks.
- 4.
To refuse to work as hard as one is supposed to.
I can't afford to slack. This job is all I have!
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ine-pro From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (slack), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.