lax

甘い、ずさんな

規則や義務、行動への注意や取り締まりが十分でない。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： careless, lenient, slack

反対語： strict, careful

よく使う表現： lax security, lax about something, lax with someone, lax rules

弛緩した

筋肉を比較的緩め、口や喉をあまり狭めずに発音する音についていう。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： slack

反対語： tense

よく使う表現： lax vowel, lax sound, lax pronunciation

緩んだ

ぴんと張っておらず、緩んだり力が抜けたりしている。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： loose, slack

反対語： tight, taut

よく使う表現： lax rope, lax muscles, lax cord