slack

/slæk/

意味: たるみ、緩み

例文: Rope slack sent cake swinging wildly.
　　  ロープの緩みでケーキが激しく揺れた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: slack rope(たるんだロープ), slack period(暇な時期), slack off(怠ける)

定義: 緩んでいる、たるんでいる、または活動や努力が少ない状態を指します。仕事や活動があまり活発でない時期や、ロープや服がぴんと張っていない状態を表すこともあります。

slackは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
Noun: a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
Noun: a stretch of water without current or movement
Noun: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Noun: the quality of being loose (not taut)
Noun: a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
Verb: avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
Verb: be inattentive to, or neglect
Verb: release tension on
Verb: make less active or fast
Verb: become slow or slower
Verb: make less active or intense
Verb: become less in amount or intensity
Verb: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
Adjective: not tense or taut
Adjective: flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
Adjective: lacking in rigor or strictness

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please don’t slack off during the project.(プロジェクト中に手を抜かないでください。)
The rope became slack after the rain.(雨の後、ロープがたるんだ。)
He felt slack after a long day at work.(彼は長い仕事の後でだるさを感じた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the team went into a slump
Noun: a gradual slack in output
Noun: a drop-off in attendance
Noun: a falloff in quality
Noun: suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless
Noun: he hadn’t counted on the slackness of the rope
Noun: he took up the slack
Verb: He slacks his attention
Verb: slack the rope
Verb: He slackened his pace as he got tired
Verb: Don’t relax your efforts now
Verb: Production slowed
Verb: The storm abated
Verb: The rain let up after a few hours
Verb: slack lime
Adjective: the old man’s skin hung loose and grey
Adjective: slack and wrinkled skin
Adjective: slack sails
Adjective: a slack rope
Adjective: slack water
Adjective: such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable
Adjective: lax in attending classes
Adjective: slack in maintaining discipline

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abate, die away, drop-off, falling off, falloff, lax, let up, loose, mire, morass, quag, quagmire, relax, slack, slack off, slack up, slack water, slacken, slackness, slake, slow, slow down, slow up, slump

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): bog, cord, debris, decrease, deterioration, fiddle, hydrate, loosen, looseness, neglect, stretch, weaken

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abate, abridge, agal, apron string, attenuate, blur, boil down, bowstring, break, catgut, chenille, clews, clothesline, collapse, cut, de-escalate, decelerate, decline, decrescendo, deflate, depreciate, die down, diminish, drop off, dull, dwindle, ease up, fade, fishing line, lace, lanyard, limit, log line, loosen, malinger, melt, minimize, mire, mitigate, pall, pare, pine away, piping, plumb line, reduce, relax, remit, ripcord, sash cord, scrimshank, shorten, shrink, shrivel, slack, slacken, slake, slough, slow, slump, static line, string, subside, suppress, taper, thin out, thread, tie, turn down, unscrew, vanish, wane, weaken, whipcord, wick, wiggliness, wilt

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): air-slake

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: abatable, abatement, abator, drop off, fall off, laxity, laxness, letup, looseness, mire, miry, quaggy, relaxation, slack, slacker, slacking, slackness, slowdown, slowing, slump

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: medical

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative