English-Thai Dictionary

lax

ADJ ซึ่ง ออกเสียง ไม่ เกร็ง ลิ้น  sueng-ook-siang-mai-krang-lin

 

lax

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ เข้มงวด  careless sueng-mai-kem-ngod

 

lax

ADJ หลวม  หย่อน  ไม่ ตึง  ไม่ แน่นหนา  loose luam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAX

a.[L. laxus.] 1. Loose; flabby; soft; not tense, firm or rigid; as lax flesh; a lax fiber.
2. Slack; not tight or tense; as a lax cord.
3. Not firly united; of loose texture; as gravel and the like laxer matter.
4. Not rigidly exact; as a lax moral discourse.
5. Not strict; as lax morals.
6. Loose in the bowels; having too frequent discharges.

 

LAX

n. 1. A looseness; diarrhea.
2. A species of fish or salmon. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAX

Lax, a. [Compar. Laxer; superl. Laxest.] Etym: [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash. ]

 

1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray.

 

2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds.The word "æternus " itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin.

 

3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

 

Syn. -- Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.

 

LAX

LAX Lax, n.

 

Defn: A looseness; diarrhea.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lax

lax |laks læks | ▶adjective 1 not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful: lax security arrangements at the airport | he'd been a bit lax about discipline in school lately. 2 (of the limbs or muscles ) relaxed. • (of the bowels ) loose. • Phonetics (of a speech sound, esp. a vowel ) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. The opposite of tense 1. DERIVATIVES lax i ty |ˈlaksətē |noun, lax ly adverb, lax ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘loose, ’ said of the bowels ): from Latin laxus.

 

Oxford Dictionary

lax

lax |laks | ▶adjective 1 not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful: lax security arrangements at the airport | he'd been a bit lax about discipline in school lately. 2 (of the limbs or muscles ) relaxed. • (of the bowels ) loose. • Phonetics (of a speech sound, especially a vowel ) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. The opposite of tense 1. DERIVATIVES laxity noun, laxly adverb, laxness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘loose ’, said of the bowels ): from Latin laxus.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lax

lax adjective lax discipline in schools: slack, slipshod, negligent, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, slapdash, offhand, casual; easygoing, lenient, permissive, liberal, indulgent, overindulgent; informal sloppy. ANTONYMS strict.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lax

lax adjective lax discipline in schools: slack, slipshod, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, inattentive, slapdash, offhand, casual; easy-going, lenient, permissive, soft, liberal, non-restrictive, indulgent, overindulgent, complaisant, over-tolerant, irresponsible; informal sloppy. ANTONYMS stern, careful.

 

Duden Dictionary

lax

lax Adjektiv oft abwertend |l a x |lateinisch laxus = schlaff, locker nachlässig, ohne feste Grundsätze eine laxe Auffassung, Haltung, Führung, Moral | etwas lax handhaben, durchführen

 

Sanseido Dictionary

LAX

LAX 〖 Los Angeles 〗ロサンゼルス 。空港コードの一 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lax

lax /læks /形容詞 1 【体制 安全基準などに 】甘い, 手を抜いた «in , about » .2 〈筋肉が 〉しまりのない .3 〘音声 〙弛緩 （しかん ）音の .4 (腹が )緩い .l á x i ty 名詞 U 甘さ ; 怠慢 .