及物动词
不及物动词
1. (使)放松;(使)松弛
If you relax or if something relaxes you, you feel more calm and less worried or tense.
2. (使）（身体)放松;（使）松弛
When a part of your body relaxes, or when you relax it, it becomes less stiff or firm.
3. 松手;放开;放松
If you relax your grip or hold on something, you hold it less tightly than before.
4. 放宽，放松，削弱(规定或控制)
If you relax a rule or your control over something, or if it relaxes, it becomes less firm or strong.
5. see also: relaxed;relaxing
1. cause to feel relaxed
e.g. A hot bath always relaxes me
Synonym: unstrainunlaxloosen upunwindmake relaxed
2. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
e.g. He relaxed in the hot tub
Let's all relax after a hard day's work
Synonym: loosen upunbendunwinddecompressslow down
3. become loose or looser or less tight
e.g. The noose loosened
the rope relaxed
4. make less taut
e.g. relax the tension on the rope
Synonym: unbend
5. make less active or fast
e.g. He slackened his pace as he got tired
Don't relax your efforts now
6. become less severe or strict
e.g. The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
Synonym: loosen
7. make less severe or strict
e.g. The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
Synonym: loosen
8. become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
e.g. our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group
Synonym: loosen up