slackened
past simple and past participle ofslacken
| 单词 | slackened |
| 释义 | slackened past simple and past participle ofslacken slacken verb[IorT] uk/ˈslæk.ən/us/ˈslæk.ən/slackenverb[I or T](LESS TIGHT)to (causeto)becomeloose: Slacken thereinsor you'llhurtthe horse'smouth. Flexible, loose and yielding
slackenverb[I or T](LESS ACTIVE)to (causeto)becomesloweror lessactive: Hestoopedtopickit up, without slackening hispace(= withoutwalkingmoreslowly). Thepaceoftradingslackened during thewintermonths. Themanagementexpectsdemandto slacken(off)in the NewYear. The car'sspeedslackened(off)as it went up asteephill. Mostpeopleslackenoff/upat the end of a day'swork. Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
Examplesofslackenedslackened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. After they had lain hove-to for 14 hours, the windslackened, the seas became less violent, and the small flotilla got under way again. From theCambridge English Corpus In the evening the windslackened, out of the southeast; by around 8 o'clock it fell calm. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, cultivationslackened, and the farms were ruined. From theCambridge English Corpus But it is evident that in the primary wheat producing districts, mechanization commenced as early as the 1850s,slackenedoff in the 1860s and took off again in the 1870s. From theCambridge English Corpus It would have been more helpful to his own community if statements he has made—some of them outrageous—hadslackenedrather than increased the tension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As this has nowslackened-off, the arrears are being rapidly overcome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If at any time they had shown fright at aerial attack or hadslackenedin their production, no armed forces would have been successful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So far from the rate of improvement in our education havingslackened, it has clearly accelerated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, therefore, perfectly clear that the drive to improve the trade balance cannot beslackenedand, indeed, must be intensified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes, the rate of decline in optimism may haveslackenedslightly, but declining it still is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As these haveslackened, contractions and redundancies have increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if the rate of traffic growth hasslackenedin the last few years, the trend would still appear to me to be encouraging. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If our birthrate became steady, or evenslackenedoff, which is by no means impossible, the reverse process might be expected to take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The demand for coal hasslackenedbecause industry switched to gas at a time when it was half the price of coal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is obvious that skill differentials haveslackened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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