lax

permissivo, negligente

Non abbastanza attento o severo riguardo a regole, doveri o comportamenti.

In inglese semplice: Not careful or strict enough about rules, duties, or behaviour.

• Security at the building is lax.
• His parents were lax about bedtime.
• The company was criticized for its lax safety standards.

Come si usa: lax about something (They are lax about checking tickets.); lax with someone (The teacher was lax with the younger children.)

Sinonimi: careless, lenient, slack

Contrari: strict, careful

Espressioni comuni: lax security, lax about something, lax with someone, lax rules

rilassato

Detto di un suono pronunciato con muscoli abbastanza rilassati e poco restringimento nella bocca e nella gola.

In inglese semplice: Describes a speech sound made with relatively relaxed muscles and little narrowing inside the mouth and throat.

• This word contains a lax vowel.
• The students compared tense and lax vowels.
• Her tongue was more relaxed when producing the lax sound.

Sinonimi: slack

Contrari: tense

Espressioni comuni: lax vowel, lax sound, lax pronunciation

allentato, rilassato

Allentato o rilassato, anziché ben teso.

In inglese semplice: Loose or relaxed rather than pulled tight.

• The rope hung lax between the posts.
• Her muscles were lax after the warm bath.
• He tightened the lax cord around the bundle.

Sinonimi: loose, slack

Contrari: tight, taut

Espressioni comuni: lax rope, lax muscles, lax cord