纵

纵(緃) [zòng] 动

1. ■ （释放; 放走） release; set free; let go:

纵释 release; discharge; set free;

纵囚 free prisoners;

七擒七纵 capture and release seven times;

不能纵虎归山。 Don't set free a tiger.; Don't let an evildoer go unpunished.

2. ■ （放任; 不约束） indulge; give oneself up to; let oneself go:

放纵 indulge; connive at; let sb. have his way;

娇纵 pamper (a child)

3. ■ （纵身） jump; leap:

猫纵身跳上围墙。 The cat jumped onto the wall.

他身子一纵， 就跨上了马。 He gave a leap and landed himself on the saddle of the horse.

他向前一纵， 就把球接住了。 He leaped forward and caught the ball.

形

1. ■ （地理上南北向的） from north to south:

纵贯铁路 a north-south railway line;

大运河纵贯河北、山东、江苏、浙江四省。 The Grand Canal flows southwards through the four provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

2. ■ （从前到后的） longitudinal; lengthwise:

纵深 deep; in depth;

纵长 lengthwise;

纵质量 longitudinal mass

3. ■ （跟物体的长的一边平行的） vertical; horizontal:

纵剖面 vertical section

4. ■ [方] （有了皱纹） creased; crumpled:

当心不要因收放粗心压纵你的衣服。 Take care not to crumple your dress by packing it carelessly.

连

1. ■ [书] （纵然） though; even if; even though:

纵有千难万险， 也挡不住英勇的探险队员。 Even though there are myriad hardships and hazards, they can't stop the dauntless explorers.