纵

（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.

（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)

（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.

（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.

（从前到后的） longitudinal; lengthwise:

• 纵深

  deep; in depth;

• 纵长

  lengthwise;

• 纵质量

  longitudinal mass

（跟物体的长的一边平行的） vertical; horizontal:

• 纵剖面

  vertical section

[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.

[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.