Значення

значень: 9
  1. (незлічуване)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. (злічуване, незлічуване)A dip in a surface.

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

    Marsch, Senke

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

  5. (незлічуване)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. (злічуване)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. (незлічуване)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

Приклади

речень: 74
  1. We need to cut Tom some slack.

    Нам потрібно дати Тому поблажку. — deniko

  2. Tom didn't cut Mary any slack.

    ruТом не давал Мэри ни единой поблажки. — sharptoothed

  3. You should cut Tom some slack.

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

    deWarum bist du bei Tom nicht etwas nachsichtig? — Tamy

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

    ruПочему бы нам не быть снисходительней к Тому? — Ooneykcall

Русский
За значеннями 2
loose part of anything:
small coal, coal dust:
Deutsch
За значеннями 3
small coal, coal dust:
tidal marsh or periodically filling shallow:
small shallow dell or valley:

Походження

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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Форми

множина: slacks
Однинаslack
Множинаslacks

правильне

Синоніми

синонімів: 12
tidal marsh:slough
Близькі за значенням

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 3

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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