loosen

松开，放松

使行动较自由；放宽控制

解开

（比赛前）使肌肉松弛

使放松

loosen

解开, 放松, 松开

loosen

1. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

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2. make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

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3. become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

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4. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

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5. cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"

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6. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

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7. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

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