| 单词 | alive |
| 释义 | alive (once / 99 pages) adj If you're alive, you're living — in other words, you're not dead. If your apple tree blooms in the spring, you'll know it's still alive after the long, cold winter. Living things are alive — people, animals, plants — but things can be alive figuratively as well. You might, for example, talk about keeping optimism alive or keeping the school music program alive. The word is often used to mean "spirited" or "full of energy," too, as when a birthday party comes alive just as the magician and the pony arrive. Alive comes from the Old English phrase on life, "in living" or "in life." WORD FAMILYalive: aliveness, aliver, alivest USAGE EXAMPLESPolly Sheppard said Roof told her he wanted to leave her alive to tell the world why he attacked a historic African-American church. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Wildcats did keep alive their 132-week streak of being ranked. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) She said they’ll keep all the traditions created throughout the years alive in Beckley. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj possessing life the happiest person alive the nerve is alive doctors are working hard to keep him alive burned alive Syn|Ant live liveborn (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn viablecapable of life or normal growth and development vitalmanifesting or characteristic of life animateendowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life dead no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gonedead assassinatedmurdered by surprise attack for political reasons bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinousdestitute of blood or apparently so brain deadhaving irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram breathless, inanimate, pulselessappearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse coldlacking the warmth of life d.o.a.abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room deathlike, deathlyhaving the physical appearance of death defuncthaving ceased to exist or live doomedmarked for certain death executedput to death as punishment fallenkilled in battle latehaving died recently exanimate, lifelessdeprived of life; no longer living murderedkilled unlawfully nonviablenot capable of living or developing successfully slainkilled; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors" stillborn(of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn stone-deadas lifeless as a stone 2adj having life or vigor or spirit Syn|Ant animated enlivened, spirited made lively or spirited full of life, lively, vitalfull of spirit reanimated, revivedgiven fresh life or vigor or spirit unanimated not animated or enlivened; dull lifelesslacking animation or excitement or activity wanlacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness 3adj (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit she was wonderfully alive for her age a face alive with mischief Syn lively full of life and energy 4adj mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind" alive to what is going on Syn alert, awake aware, cognisant, cognizant (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception 5adj (followed by `to' or `of') aware of is alive to the moods of others Syn sensitive being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others 6adj in operation keep hope alive the tradition was still alive Syn active existent, existing having existence or being or actuality 7adj capable of erupting the volcano is very much alive Syn live active (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting |
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