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free
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- Conjugation :
past
freed
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ing
freeing
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more
freer
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most
freest
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Derivatives :
n
freeness
;
adv
freely
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- free
[friː]
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1.
adjective
[+meal]
[ ticket etc]
(costing nothing) 免费的
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The coffee was free.
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咖啡是免费的。
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2.
adjective
[+person]
自由的
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The slave escaped and became a free man.
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奴隶逃跑了，成了自由人。
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3.
adjective
[+time]
空闲的
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They don't have much free time.
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他们没有多少空闲时间。
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4.
adjective
[+seat]
[ table]
空余的
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Is that seat free?
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那个座位是空的吗？
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5.
adjective
[+choice]
[ press]
[ speech]
[ elections]
(unrestricted) 自由的
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It's their free choice.
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那是他们的自由选择。
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We can't do that if we haven't got a free press.
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如果没有自由的新闻界，我们根本做不到。
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6.
adjective
[+passage]
[ movement]
畅通的
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7.
adjective
[+hand]
[ arm]
闲着的
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He buttoned his overcoat with his free hand.
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他用闲着的那只手扣上了外衣的扣子。
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8.
vt.
[+prisoner]
[ slave]
(release) 释放
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They were freed by their kidnappers unharmed.
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他们被绑匪释放了，并没有受到伤害。
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9.
vt.
[+injured person]
解救
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Firemen tried to free the injured.
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消防队员尽力解救受伤人员。
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10.
vt.
[+jammed object]
使脱开
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He used a screwdriver to free the lock.
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他用螺丝刀打开了锁。
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11.
vt.
[+person]
(from responsibility，duty) 摆脱
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His contract will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own projects.
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他的合同很快就要到期了，这样他得以摆脱来发展自己的项目。
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free (of charge), for free
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免费
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to give sb a free hand
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给某人自主权
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admission free
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免费进入
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to be free of {or} from sth
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没有某物
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The area will be free of pollution by the year 2006.
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到2006年，这个地区将没有污染。
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to be free to do sth
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随意做某事
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Women should be free to dress as they please.
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女性应该任其喜好随意穿戴。
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free and easy
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自由自在的
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feel free
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随便
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to free sb of sth
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使某人摆脱某物
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- free
[friː]
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1.
adjective
不受束缚的，不受限的
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I have an hour free.
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我有一个小时的自由时间。
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2.
adjective
[Chemistry]
自由的，游离的
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3.
adjective
免费的，无偿的，不花钱的
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4.
adjective
未被占用的，闲置的
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5.
adjective
松动的，未定位的
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He pulled his arm free and ran.
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他甩开他的胳膊飞跑。
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6.
adjective
自主的，不被奴役的
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After the civil war he was a free man.
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内战之后，他成了自由人。
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7.
adjective
空闲的，有空的
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8.
adjective
不足的，缺乏的
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9.
adjective
非字面的，不拘泥原文的
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10.
adjective
畅通的，畅行的
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11.
adjective
解除的，不受影响的
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12.
vt.
释放，解放
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13.
vt.
为……除掉，去除
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14.
verb
取出，用力移出
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He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble.
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他最终搬出了那名被埋在瓦砾中的地震受害者的双腿。
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15.
vt.
省去，解除，使免于
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16.
vt.
公布，公开
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17.
vt.
免责，免除……的责任义务
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18.
vt.
清除……的阻碍，移开……的障碍
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19.
vt.
赦免，为……解除责任
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20.
vt.
让渡，转让；放弃
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21.
vt.
释出，放出
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22.
vt.
解冻，使……可以使用
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23.
adverb
无拘无束地，自由地
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24.
n.[c]
自由人，自由身
Collins English-English Dictionary
- free
[friː]
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1.
adj
able to act at will; not under compulsion or restraint
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2.
adj
having personal rights or liberty; not enslaved or confined
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3.
adj
(as noun)
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land of the free
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4.
adj
[often postpositive and foll by from]
not subject (to) or restricted (by some regulation, constraint, etc); exempt
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a free market
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free from pain
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5.
adj
(of a country, etc) autonomous or independent
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6.
adj
exempt from external direction or restriction; not forced or induced
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free will
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7.
adj
not subject to conventional constraints
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free verse
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8.
adj
(of jazz) totally improvised, with no preset melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic basis
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9.
adj
not exact or literal
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a free translation
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10.
adj
costing nothing; provided without charge
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free entertainment
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11.
adj
[law]
not subject to payment of rent or performance of services; freehold
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12.
adj
not subject to any burden or charge, such as a mortgage or lien; unencumbered
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13.
adj
[postpositive; often foll by of or with]
ready or generous in using or giving; liberal; lavish
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free with advice
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14.
adj
unrestrained by propriety or good manners; licentious
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15.
adj
not occupied or in use; available
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a free cubicle
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16.
adj
not occupied or busy; without previous engagements
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I'm not free until Wednesday
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17.
adj
open or available to all; public
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18.
adj
without charge to the subscriber or user
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freepost
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freephone
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19.
adj
not fixed or joined; loose
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the free end of a chain
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20.
adj
without obstruction or impediment
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free passage
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21.
adj
[chem]
chemically uncombined
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free nitrogen
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22.
adj
[phonetics]
denoting a vowel that can occur in an open syllable, such as the vowel in see as opposed to the vowel in cat
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23.
adj
[grammar]
denoting a morpheme that can occur as a separate word - Compare bound
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24.
adj
[logic]
denoting an occurrence of a variable not bound by a quantifier - Compare bound
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25.
adj
(of some materials, such as certain kinds of stone) easily worked
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26.
adj
[nautical]
(of the wind) blowing from the quarter
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27.
adv
in a free manner; freely
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28.
adv
without charge or cost
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29.
adv
[nautical]
with the wind blowing from the quarter
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a yacht sailing free
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30.
vt.
[tr]
[sometimes foll by up]
to set at liberty; release
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31.
vt.
to remove obstructions, attachments, or impediments from; disengage
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32.
vt.
[often foll by of or from]
to relieve or rid (of obstacles, pain, etc)
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33.
n
[Spoken]
a freesheet
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34.
n
[Etymology]
Old English freo; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fri, Gothic freis free, Sanskrit priya dear
Examples
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free (of charge), for free
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免费
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free from pain
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无痛的
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free verse
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(不受格律约束的)自由诗
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free will
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自由的意志
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a free gait
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从容的步伐
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