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单词 lover
释义 lov·er
\ˈləvə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from loven to love + -er
1.
 a. : a person in love
  < a man came down to where his lover was — J.C.Hall >
 especially : a man in love with a girl or woman
  < her heart went out to him as to a lover — Sheila Kaye-Smith >
 b. lovers plural : two persons in love with each other
  < he'd sit with his arm round her waist and she with her head on his shoulder just like lovers — W.S.Maugham >
2. : an affectionate or benevolent friend
 < not an ardent denominational ecclesiastic, but a broad-souled and eager lover of men — O.M.Buck >
3. : an enthusiastic amateur : devotee
 < as a lover of truth, the national propaganda of all the belligerent nations sickened me — Bertrand Russell >
 < a lifelong lover of the woodcock runs and trout streams — R.W.Hatch >
 < a variety of subjects that will interest theater lovers — Henry Hewes >
4. : paramour
 < she had chosen a bachelor girl's life, although she had children by lovers — Margaret C. Hubbard >
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