Loosening

(noun.) the act of making something less tight.

整理:塞尔瓦托

• In these later days there is in fact, a decided loosening in the creed. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The sides are then run through lime vats for the purpose of loosening the hair. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It may have been a signal for loosening the general tongue. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He let her get some distance, then, loosening his limbs, he went after her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And now, indeed, I felt as if my last anchor were loosening its hold, and I should soon be driving with the winds and waves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I saw him, while I was detained by the loosening of a girth, struggling with the upward path, seemingly more difficult than any we had yet passed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It seemed as if it fascinated him to see her push it up impatiently, until it tightened her soft flesh; and then to mark the loosening--the fall. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

校对:莱利亚