| 英语单词 | laid-back |
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| 英美音标 | 英 美 |
| 中文释义 | adj.松驰的;懒散的 |
| vocabulary简明 | Someone who's laid-back is relaxed and at ease. A laid-back dog owner always stays calm, even when her dog jumps up on the dining room table. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The opposite of laid-back is uptight. While a laid-back babysitter pretty much lets his charges do whatever they feel like, an uptight babysitter might make a schedule for doing chores, eating, and a strict bedtime. A laid-back party is often much more fun than a formal, dressy event, since people can wear whatever they're comfortable in and enjoy chatting with each other. Laid-back was coined in the 1970s, possibly from the slouchy posture of motorcycle riders. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]悠然自得的;放松随和的 If you describe someone as laid-back, you mean that they behave in a calm relaxed way as if nothing will ever worry them. [INFORMAL 非正式]
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