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
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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。

lax
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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度

来自《权威词典》

4. Lax security allowed the thieves to enter.
松懈的保安措施使小偷有机可乘.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Financial discipline is lax.
财政纪律松驰.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》