• n. 松元音；瀉肚
• adj. 松的；松懈的；腹瀉的
• n. (Lax)人名；(英、法、德、意、芬、匈、瑞典)拉克斯

來自PIE*sleg,松弛的，放松的，詞源同languish,slack.該詞原義使腸胃放松，即排便，引申詞義松弛的，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.

問題之一是對機場員工的安檢措施馬虎松懈。

來自柯林斯例句

2. There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax.

生還者一直指責安全標準執(zhí)行不嚴。

來自柯林斯例句

3. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations

對衛(wèi)生與安全條例的馬虎態(tài)度

來自《權威詞典》

4. Lax security allowed the thieves to enter.

松懈的保安措施使小偷有機可乘.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Financial discipline is lax.

財政紀律松馳.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》