Значение

значений: 9
  1. (неисчисляемое)The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

    the slack of a rope or of a sail

    take in the slack

    Schlacke

    слабина́slabiná, у́гольная пы́льúgolʹnaja pýlʹ

  2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A dip in a surface.

  3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.

    Marsch, Senke

  4. (исчисляемое)A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.

  5. (неисчисляемое)Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.

  6. A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.

  7. (исчисляемое)A valley, or small, shallow dell; a sag or saddle in a ridge.

  8. A flat-bottomed, hollow zone within a sand-dune system that has developed over impervious strata, sometimes due to erosion or blow-out of the dune system; its flat base level is therefore close to or at the permanent water-table level, and therefore has rich, marshy flora, with Salix species (willows) as typical woody colonisers.

  9. (неисчисляемое)Small coal; coal dust.

    dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

Примеры

предложений: 74
  1. Tom didn't cut Mary any slack.

    Том не давал Мэри ни единой поблажки.

  2. Why don't we cut Tom some slack?

    Почему бы нам не быть снисходительней к Тому?

  3. Cut Tom some slack.

    Сделай Тому поблажку.

  4. You should cut Tom some slack.

  5. Why don't you cut Tom some slack?

    deWarum bist du bei Tom nicht etwas nachsichtig?

Переводы

языков: 5
Русский
По значениям 2
loose part of anything:
small coal, coal dust:
Deutsch
По значениям 3
small coal, coal dust:
tidal marsh or periodically filling shallow:
small shallow dell or valley:

Происхождение

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. Fo

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.

Either from the adjective in Etymology 1 or the verb in Etymology 2.

From Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki (“a slope”). Cognate with Icelandic slakki, Norwegian slakke.

Of unknown origin. Possibly related to Middle Dutch slacke or Middle Low German slecke. Doublet of slag.

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Формы

мн. число: slacks
Ед. числоslack
Мн. числоslacks

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 12
tidal marsh:slough
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 3
Производныеslack suitnutty slackslack tub

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