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  • Conjugation : past  freed ; ing  freeing ; more  freer ; most  freest
  • Derivatives : n  freeness ; adv  freely
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

free [friː]
  1. 1. adjective [+meal, ticket etc] (costing nothing) 免费的
    The coffee was free.
    咖啡是免费的。
  2. 2. adjective [+person] 自由的
    The slave escaped and became a free man.
    奴隶逃跑了，成了自由人。
  3. 3. adjective [+time] 空闲的
    They don't have much free time.
    他们没有多少空闲时间。
  4. 4. adjective [+seat, table] 空余的
    Is that seat free?
    那个座位是空的吗？
  5. 5. adjective [+choice, press, speech, elections] (unrestricted) 自由的
    It's their free choice.
    那是他们的自由选择。
    We can't do that if we haven't got a free press.
    如果没有自由的新闻界，我们根本做不到。
  6. 6. adjective [+passage, movement] 畅通的
  7. 7. adjective [+hand, arm] 闲着的
    He buttoned his overcoat with his free hand.
    他用闲着的那只手扣上了外衣的扣子。
  8. 8. vt. [+prisoner, slave] (release) 释放
    They were freed by their kidnappers unharmed.
    他们被绑匪释放了，并没有受到伤害。
  9. 9. vt. [+injured person] 解救
    Firemen tried to free the injured.
    消防队员尽力解救受伤人员。
  10. 10. vt. [+jammed object] 使脱开
    He used a screwdriver to free the lock.
    他用螺丝刀打开了锁。
  11. 11. vt. [+person] (from responsibility, duty) 摆脱
    His contract will run out shortly, freeing him to pursue his own projects.
    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。
    free (of charge), for free
    免费
    to give sb a free hand
    给某人自主权
    admission free
    免费进入
    to be free of {or} from sth
    没有某物
    The area will be free of pollution by the year 2006.
    到2006年，这个地区将没有污染。
    to be free to do sth
    随意做某事
    Women should be free to dress as they please.
    女性应该任其喜好随意穿戴。
    free and easy
    自由自在的
    feel free
    随便
    to free sb of sth
    使某人摆脱某物

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

free [frɪ] [frɪː]
  1. 1. adjective 自由的，不受约束的，不受他人或专横势力控制的；有自由的；自主的
  2. 2. adjective 享有公民权的和政治上自由的
    a free people
    自由民
  3. 3. adjective 可各处走动的，行动自由的，活动范围不受限制的，不受羁绊的
  4. 4. adjective 不受法院、警察等限制的，宣判无罪的，释放的
    After twenty years in prison, finally he is a free man.
    经过二十年的牢狱生活，他现在终于自由了。
  5. 5. adjective 不受（义务、债务、困难、不便等）约束的，不受牵制的；不受…影响的；没有…的，无…的
    free from pain
    无痛的
    The surgery went well and finally she was free of pain.
    手术很顺利，她终于不疼了。
    I prefer to have fat-free yogurt.
    我还是吃脱脂酸奶吧。
    You can buy tax-free products at the airport.
    你可以在机场买到免税商品。
  6. 6. adjective 不忙的，空闲的；不用的，可作其他工作的，可作别的用处的；（空间、房屋等）空余的
    I am free this afternoon, would you like to go to the cinema?.
    我今天下午有空，你想去电影院吗？
  7. 7. adjective 自由所产生的
  8. 8. adjective 免费的，无偿的
    a free ticket
    赠票，免费入场券
    The theater admission ticket was free for children.
    儿童免费入场。
    Are there any free seats for the concert?
    音乐会还有富余的票吗？
    I worked for free for a non profit organization.
    我曾无偿为一个非赢利组织工作过。
  9. 9. adjective 不在外国政府控制下的，独立的
  10. 10. adjective 自由（行动）的，允许的，随便的
    free to leave at any time
    随便在任何时候离开
  11. 11. adjective 不拘泥于通常规则（或形式、格调）的，不受惯例（常规或传统）限制的；放任的，随意的
    free verse
    (不受格律约束的)自由诗
  12. 12. adjective 不拘泥文字的，不逐字逐句（翻译）的，意译的；不确切的
    a free translation
    意译
  13. 13. adjective 不受偏见（成见或癖好）限制的
  14. 14. adjective （除其本身的限制或性质外）不受任何事物约束的
    free will
    自由的意志
  15. 15. adjective 本能的；自动的；自愿的
    a free offer
    自愿提供
  16. 16. adjective 不做作的，不呆板的；自然的，从容的；流畅的
    a free gait
    从容的步伐
  17. 17. adjective 宽宏大量的，慷慨的，大方的；挥霍的；毫不吝惜的
    a free spender
    挥霍金钱者
  18. 18. adjective 丰富的，充足的，充裕的
  19. 19. adjective 坦白的，直率的，正直的，真诚的
  20. 20. adjective （言、行等）太直率的，无拘束的，随便的，随心所欲的，奔放的，任性的；放纵的
  21. 21. adjective 免税的
  22. 22. adjective （道路等）畅通无阻的；宽阔的
    a free road ahead
    前面道路畅通
  23. 23. adjective （城市、港口、市场等）对一切人开放的，自由开放的；对贸易不加限制的
    a free market
    自由市场
    a free port
    自由港，无税港口
    They are trying to establish a free trade agreement between their countries.
    两国正在设法缔结自由贸易协定。
  24. 24. adjective 不连接的；没固定的；散开的；松散的
    the free end of a rope
    绳的一端没有固定的绳头
  25. 25. adjective [chemistry] 单体的；自由的；游离的
    free oxygen
    游离氧
  26. 26. adjective [navigation] 顺风的
  27. 27. adjective [linguistics] 自由（元音）的；（元音）在音节结尾出现的；自由（形式）的，自由（语素）的[bound2之对]
    Boy is a free form, but -s in boys is not.
    boy是自由形式，而boys中的-s不是自由形式（是粘附形式）。
  28. 28. adverb 免费地
  29. 29. adverb 自由地；随意地，无拘束地；无阻碍地；通行无阻地；无负担地；无承担义务地
  30. 30. adverb 松开着；脱开着
  31. 31. adverb [navigation] 顺风地
  32. 32. vt. 使自由；尤指解放，释放
    He was freed last week from the prison.
    他上周从监狱被释放。
  33. 33. vt. 解开，解除；（从…）免除，使摆脱，使脱离（或脱身）；使避免

Collins English-English Dictionary

free [friː]
  1. 1. adj able to act at will; not under compulsion or restraint
  2. 2. adj having personal rights or liberty; not enslaved or confined
  3. 3. adj (as noun)
    land of the free
  4. 4. adj [often postpositive and foll by from] not subject (to) or restricted (by some regulation, constraint, etc); exempt
    a free market
    free from pain
  5. 5. adj (of a country, etc) autonomous or independent
  6. 6. adj exempt from external direction or restriction; not forced or induced
    free will
  7. 7. adj not subject to conventional constraints
    free verse
  8. 8. adj (of jazz) totally improvised, with no preset melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic basis
  9. 9. adj not exact or literal
    a free translation
  10. 10. adj costing nothing; provided without charge
    free entertainment
  11. 11. adj [law] not subject to payment of rent or performance of services; freehold
  12. 12. adj not subject to any burden or charge, such as a mortgage or lien; unencumbered
  13. 13. adj [postpositive; often foll by of or with] ready or generous in using or giving; liberal; lavish
    free with advice
  14. 14. adj unrestrained by propriety or good manners; licentious
  15. 15. adj not occupied or in use; available
    a free cubicle
  16. 16. adj not occupied or busy; without previous engagements
    I'm not free until Wednesday
  17. 17. adj open or available to all; public
  18. 18. adj without charge to the subscriber or user
    freepost
    freephone
  19. 19. adj not fixed or joined; loose
    the free end of a chain
  20. 20. adj without obstruction or impediment
    free passage
  21. 21. adj [chem] chemically uncombined
    free nitrogen
  22. 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
  23. 23. adj [grammar] denoting a morpheme that can occur as a separate word - Compare bound
  24. 24. adj [logic] denoting an occurrence of a variable not bound by a quantifier - Compare bound
  25. 25. adj (of some materials, such as certain kinds of stone) easily worked
  26. 26. adj [nautical] (of the wind) blowing from the quarter
  27. 27. adv in a free manner; freely
  28. 28. adv without charge or cost
  29. 29. adv [nautical] with the wind blowing from the quarter
    a yacht sailing free
  30. 30. vt. [tr] [sometimes foll by up] to set at liberty; release
  31. 31. vt. to remove obstructions, attachments, or impediments from; disengage
  32. 32. vt. [often foll by of or from] to relieve or rid (of obstacles, pain, etc)
  33. 33. n [informal] a freesheet
  34. 34. n [Etymology] Old English freo; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fri, Gothic freis free, Sanskrit priya dear
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Examples

free (of charge), for free
免费 → free
a free people
自由民 → free
free from pain
无痛的 → free
free to leave at any time
随便在任何时候离开 → free
free verse
(不受格律约束的)自由诗 → free
a free translation
意译 → free
free will
自由的意志 → free
a free offer
自愿提供 → free
a free gait
从容的步伐 → free
a free spender
挥霍金钱者 → free
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