lover

lov·er

L0264700 (lŭv′ər)n.1. a. One who loves another, especially one who is involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with another.b. lovers A couple who are in love with each other.2. One who is fond of or devoted to something: a lover of fine food.

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lov′er·ly adv. & adj.

lover

(ˈlʌvə) n1. a person, now esp a man, who has an extramarital or premarital sexual relationship with another person2. (often plural) either of the two people involved in a love affair3. a. someone who loves a specified person or thing: a lover of music. b. (in combination): a music-lover; a cat-lover.

lov•er

(ˈlʌv ər)

n. 1. a person who is in love with another. 2. a person who has a sexual or romantic relationship with another. 3. paramour (def. 1). 4. a devotee of something: a lover of music. [1175–1225]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someoneindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"adorer, admirer - someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love - a beloved person; used as terms of endearmentbetrothed - the person to whom you are engagedbeau, boyfriend, swain, young man, fellow - a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite, pet - a special loved onelady friend, girlfriend, girl - a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out"idoliser, idolizer - a lover blind with admiration and devotioninamorata - a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationshipinamorato - a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationshipkisser, osculator - someone who kissesnecker - a lover who necksfondler, petter - a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one; "they are heavy petters"Romeo - an ardent male loversoul mate - someone for whom you have a deep affinitysqueeze - (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze"steady, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove - a person loved by another person
	2.	lover - an ardent follower and admirer buff, devotee, fanfollowers, following - a group of followers or enthusiastsaerophile - a lover of aviationaficionado - a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performeramorist - one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about lovebacchanal, bacchant - a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchusfollower - a person who accepts the leadership of anothergroupie - an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)metalhead - a fan of heavy metal music
	3.	lover - a significant other to whom you are not related by marriagedomestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent - a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationshipparamour, fancy man - a woman's loverman - a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"kept woman, mistress, fancy woman - an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

lover

noun sweetheart, beloved, loved one, beau, flame (informal), mistress, admirer, suitor, swain (archaic), woman friend, lady friend, man friend, toy boy, paramour, leman (archaic), fancy bit (slang), boyfriend or girlfriend, fancy man or fancy woman (slang), fiancé or fiancée, inamorata or inamorato They became lovers soon after they first met.Quotations
"All mankind love a lover" [Ralph Waldo Emerson Spiritual Laws]

lover

noun1. A person's regular sexual partner:paramour.2. One who ardently admires:admirer, devotee, enthusiast, fancier.Informal: fan.

Translations

情人爱好者

love

(lav) noun1. a feeling of great fondness or enthusiasm for a person or thing. She has a great love of music; her love for her children. 喜愛 喜爱2. strong attachment with sexual attraction. They are in love with one another. 愛意 爱情3. a person or thing that is thought of with (great) fondness (used also as a term of affection). Ballet is the love of her life; Goodbye, love! 愛好 爱好4. a score of nothing in tennis. The present score is fifteen love (written 15–0). 零分 零分 verb1. to be (very) fond of. She loves her children dearly. 愛 爱2. to take pleasure in. They both love dancing. 愛好 喜欢ˈlovable adjective (negative unlovable) easy to love or like; attractive. a lovable child. 惹人喜愛的 可爱的ˈlovely adjective1. (negative unlovely) beautiful; attractive. She is a lovely girl; She looked lovely in that dress. 美麗動人的, 可愛的 秀丽的，可爱的 2. delightful. Someone told me a lovely joke last night, but I can't remember it; a lovely meal. 令人愉快的 令人愉快的ˈloveliness noun 美麗動人，可愛 秀丽，漂亮 ˈlover noun1. a person who enjoys or admires or has a special affection for something. an art-lover; He is a lover of sport; an animal-lover. 愛好者 爱好者2. a person who is having a love affair with another. 情人 情人ˈloving adjective 鍾愛的 锺爱的ˈlovingly adverb 鍾愛地 钟爱地love affair a (temporary and often sexual) relationship between two people who are in love but not married. 風流韻事 风流韵事ˈlove-letter noun a letter expressing love. 情書 情书ˈlovesick adjective sad because of being in love. a lovesick youth; lovesick glances. 害相思病的 害相思病的fall in love (with) to develop feelings of love and sexual attraction (for). He fell in love with her straightaway. 愛上 爱上for love or money in any way at all. We couldn't get a taxi for love or money. 無論如何 无论如何make love to have sexual intercourse. 做愛 发生性关系there's no love lost between them they dislike one another. 他們互相討厭 他们彼此之间毫无感情

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