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I [luːs]on the loose — [criminal, animal] libero, in libertà
II [luːs]there is a gang of hooligans on the loose in the town — c'è una banda di teppisti che scorrazzano per la città
1) (not firm or tight) [ knot] largo, allentato; [ screw] allentato; [ handle] che si stacca; [ component] fissato male; [ button] che si stacca, penzolante; [ tooth] che dondolato come o work loose [knot, screw] allentarsi; [ handle] stare per staccarsi; [ tooth] dondolare; to hang loose — [ hair] essere sciolto; [ thread] penzolare
2) (free)to break loose — [ animal] slegarsi ( from da); fig. rompere ( from con), staccarsi ( from da)
to cut sb. loose — liberare qcn.
to let o set o turn loose — liberare [animal, prisoner]
3) comm. (not packed) [tea, sweets] sfuso4) (that has come apart) [ page] staccato, volante; [ fragment] staccato; [ paint] che si stacca, si scrostato come loose — [ pages] staccarsi
"loose chippings" — BE
"loose gravel" — AE (roadsign) "materiale instabile sulla strada"
5) (not tight) [jacket, trousers] largo, ampio; [ collar] (troppo) largo; (flaccid) [ skin] flaccido6) (not compacted) [ soil] smosso; [ link] lasco, tenue; [ weave] a trama largato have loose bowels — avere la dissenteria o diarrea
7) (not strict or exact) [ translation] approssimativo; [ wording] impreciso; [ interpretation] libero; [ guideline] vago; [ style] trasandato8) (dissolute) [ morals] dissoluto, licenzioso••to be at a loose end — BE o
III [luːs]at loose ends — AE non sapere che cosa fare
verbo transitivo lett.1) (release) liberare* * *[lu:s]1) (not tight; not firmly stretched: a loose coat; This belt is loose.) largo2) (not firmly fixed: This button is loose.) sciolto3) (not tied; free: The horses are loose in the field.) slegato, in libertà4) (not packed; not in a packet: loose biscuits.) sfuso•- loosely- looseness
- loosen
- loose-leaf
- break loose
- let loose* * *I [luːs]on the loose — [criminal, animal] libero, in libertà
II [luːs]there is a gang of hooligans on the loose in the town — c'è una banda di teppisti che scorrazzano per la città
1) (not firm or tight) [ knot] largo, allentato; [ screw] allentato; [ handle] che si stacca; [ component] fissato male; [ button] che si stacca, penzolante; [ tooth] che dondolato come o work loose [knot, screw] allentarsi; [ handle] stare per staccarsi; [ tooth] dondolare; to hang loose — [ hair] essere sciolto; [ thread] penzolare
2) (free)to break loose — [ animal] slegarsi ( from da); fig. rompere ( from con), staccarsi ( from da)
to cut sb. loose — liberare qcn.
to let o set o turn loose — liberare [animal, prisoner]
3) comm. (not packed) [tea, sweets] sfuso4) (that has come apart) [ page] staccato, volante; [ fragment] staccato; [ paint] che si stacca, si scrostato come loose — [ pages] staccarsi
"loose chippings" — BE
"loose gravel" — AE (roadsign) "materiale instabile sulla strada"
5) (not tight) [jacket, trousers] largo, ampio; [ collar] (troppo) largo; (flaccid) [ skin] flaccido6) (not compacted) [ soil] smosso; [ link] lasco, tenue; [ weave] a trama largato have loose bowels — avere la dissenteria o diarrea
7) (not strict or exact) [ translation] approssimativo; [ wording] impreciso; [ interpretation] libero; [ guideline] vago; [ style] trasandato8) (dissolute) [ morals] dissoluto, licenzioso••to be at a loose end — BE o
III [luːs]at loose ends — AE non sapere che cosa fare
verbo transitivo lett.1) (release) liberare
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