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).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel.
問(wèn)題之一是對(duì)機(jī)場(chǎng)員工的安檢措施馬虎松懈。
來(lái)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(zé)安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)執(zhí)行不嚴(yán)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations