| 单词 | living |
| 释义 | adjective | noun livingliving1 /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective 1[only before noun] alive now: one of the greatest living composers Ecology is the study of how living things (=plants, animals, and people) relate to their environment.2[only before noun] relating to where or how people live: improved living conditions3living proof if someone is living proof of a particular fact, he or she is a good example of how true it is: I’m living proof that people can make their dreams come true.4in/within living memory for as long as anyone can remember: The famine is worse than any disaster in living memory.5a living language a language that is still spoken today6a living legend someone who is famous for being extremely good at something: one of the living legends of rhythm and blues7a living wage money that you earn from your work that is enough to allow you to buy the things that you need to live8a living hell a situation that causes you a lot of suffering for a long time9a living death a life that is so bad that it would seem better to be dead → see also beat/knock/pound the (living) daylights out of somebody/something at daylight (4), scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody at daylight (3) adjective | noun livingliving2 ●○○ noun 1[countable usually singular] the way that you earn money, or the money that you earn: So what do you do for a living? It’s not a great job, but it’s a living. I want to make a living (=earn enough money to live) being creative.2the living [plural] all the people who are alive as opposed to dead people: Funerals are really for the living.3[uncountable] the way in which people lives their lives: the harsh realities of city living → see also cost of living, in the land of the living at land1 (6), standard of living |
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