单词 | life |
释义 | life/lʌɪf![]() noun (plural lives /lʌɪvz/) 1 [mass noun] The condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death: the origins of life cats require visual experience during the first few weeks of life...
Synonyms existence, being, living, animation, aliveness, animateness; entity, sentience, creation, survival, viability rare esse 1.1Living things and their activity: lower forms of life the ice-cream vendors were the only signs of life the valley is teeming with bird life...
Synonyms living things, living beings, living creatures, the living; human/animal/plant life, fauna, flora, ecosystems, creatures, wildlife; human beings, humanity, humankind, mankind, man, human activity literary flesh 2The existence of an individual human being or animal: a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 people [mass noun]: she didn’t want to die; she loved life...
Synonyms person, human being, individual, mortal, soul, creature 2.1 [with adjective or noun modifier] A particular type or aspect of human existence: his father decided to start a new life in California [mass noun]: a teacher will help you settle into school life revelations about his private life...
Synonyms way of life, way of living, manner of living, lifestyle, situation, position, state, station, condition, set of circumstances, fate, lot; sphere, field, line, career, business 2.2A biography: a life of Shelley...
Synonyms biography, autobiography, life story, life history, memoir, history, profile; diary, journal, confessions; record, chronicle, account, report, portrayal, depiction, portrait informal biog, bio 2.3(In Christianity and some other religious traditions) either of the two states of a person’s existence separated by death: he departed this life on 28 March 1912...
2.4(In Hinduism and some other religious traditions) any of a number of successive existences in which a soul is held to be reincarnated: a spiritual pilgrimage into her past lives...
2.5A chance to live after narrowly escaping death (with reference to the nine lives traditionally attributed to cats): we were called to the hospital, but the old rogue had nine lives and seemed to be negotiating for another two...
2.6(In various games) one of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out.When a player has lost ten lives, she buys a round of drinks, the score is wiped clean and the next rubber starts....
3 (usually one's life) The period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being: she has lived all her life in the country they became friends for life...
Synonyms lifetime, life span, days, duration of life, allotted span, course of life, time on earth, existence, one's time, one's career, threescore years and ten, this mortal coil informal one's born days 3.1The period during which something inanimate or abstract continues to exist, function, or be valid: underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet...
Synonyms duration, active life, lifetime, existence, functioning period, period of effectiveness, period of usefulness, validity, efficacy 3.2 [mass noun] informal A sentence of imprisonment for life.He was sentenced to life and is currently in Wakefield top security prison....
4Vitality, vigour, or energy: she was beautiful and full of life...
Synonyms vivacity, animation, liveliness, vitality, verve, high spirits, sparkle, exuberance, zest, buoyancy, effervescence, enthusiasm, energy, vigour, dynamism, go, elan, gusto, brio, bounce, spirit, spiritedness, activity, fire, panache, colour, dash, drive, push; business, bustle, hustle and bustle, movement, stir informal oomph, pizzazz, pep, zing, zip, vim, get-up-and-go moving spirit, moving force, animating spirit, vital spirit, spirit, vital spark, life force, lifeblood, essence, core, heart, soul, strength, quintessence, substance; French élan vital 5 [mass noun] (In art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than from an artist’s imagination: the pose and clothing were sketched from life...
Phrasesbe one's life come (or bring someone) to life do anything for a quiet life for dear (or one's) life for the life of me frighten the life out of get a life give one's life for (as) large as life larger than life life and limb the life and soul of the party (the life of the party) life in the fast lane life is too short one's life's work lose one's life a matter of life and death not on your life save someone's (or one's own) life see life take one's life in one's hands take someone's (or one's own) life that's life this is the life to the life to save one's life OriginOld English līf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib 'body', also to live1.
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