lax

gevşek, ihmalkâr

Kurallara, görevlere veya davranışlara karşı yeterince dikkatli ya da sıkı olmayan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

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

Eş anlamlılar: careless, lenient, slack

Zıt anlamlılar: strict, careful

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lax security, lax about something, lax with someone, lax rules

gevşek

Ağız ve boğaz fazla daraltılmadan, kaslar nispeten gevşek tutularak çıkarılan konuşma sesi için kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: slack

Zıt anlamlılar: tense

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lax vowel, lax sound, lax pronunciation

gevşek

Sıkıca gerilmiş olmayıp gevşemiş veya rahat durumda olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: loose, slack

Zıt anlamlılar: tight, taut

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: lax rope, lax muscles, lax cord