vt.

1. 失，丟失，喪失
   Carl's father lost his job last month.

   卡爾的父親上個月失業了。

2. 使失去[O1]
   A bad cold had lost me some time.

   一場重感冒使我失去了一些時間。

3. 輸去；未贏得
   He has lost his case.

   他的官司打輸了。

4. 損失（金錢）[（+on）]
   We lost a lot of money on that deal.

   我們在那筆交易上虧損了許多錢。

5. 迷失；使迷路
   She got lost in the forest.

   她在森林裡迷了路。

6. 聽不見；看不見；抓不住；錯過
   She had to walk to the station and so lost her train.

   她只能步行去車站，因而沒趕上火車。

7. 浪費，白費
   Louise lost no time in returning to Cincinnati.

   路易絲沒有耽擱，馬上回到辛辛那提。

8. 使沉湎於[（+in）]
   The boy soon lost himself in the book.

   這男孩不久便專心地看起書來。

9. 使迷糊不清
10. （鐘錶）慢
    My watch loses a minute a day.

    我的錶一天慢一分鐘。

vi.

1. 輸掉，失敗[（+by/to）]
   Cambridge lost to Oxford.

   劍橋隊輸給了牛津隊。

2. 受損失；賠錢[（+on）]
   We lost on that transaction.

   我們在那筆交易上賠了錢。

3. （鐘，錶）走慢
   Your watch is losing.

   你的錶走慢了。

v.

1. be deprived of or cease to have or retain.
   ▸be deprived of (a relative or friend) through their death.
   ▸(of a pregnant woman) miscarry (a baby).
   ▸ (be lost) be destroyed or killed.
   ▸decrease in (body weight).
   ▸(of a clock) become slow by (a specified amount of time).
   ▸ (lose it) informal lose control of one's temper or emotions.
2. become unable to find.
   ▸ (often lose one's or the way) become unable to follow (the right route).
   ▸evade or shake off (a pursuer).
   ▸N. Amer. informal get rid of.
   ▸ (lose oneself in/be lost in) be or become deeply absorbed in.
3. fail to win (a game or contest).
4. earn less (money) than one is spending.
5. waste or fail to take advantage of:
   he may have lost his chance.
6. (lose out) be disadvantaged.