| 单词 | to live on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live on to live on intransitive. To continue in life; to survive (see sense 6a). Also in extended use: to thrive, endure. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > continue in life [verb (intransitive)] nesteOE to live forthOE overliveOE lastc1225 livec1410 survive1473 supervive1532 subsist?1533 skill1537 to live on1590 outlive1594 (to be) to the front1871 1590 H. Smith Magistrates Script. 29 While they thinke to liue on & to reioyce still, suddenly rush vpon death, & make shipwrack in the calme sea. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 155 Shall I liue on, to see this Bastard kneele, And call me Father? View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance v. i. 57 Thou wou'dst live on, and be a baffl'd Cuckold. 1736 A. Hill Zara iv. i. 29 I yet live on, And talk of Death, as distant. 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis iii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 449 While the tree lived, he in these fields lived on. 1896 ‘M. Field’ Attila i. 20 I would rather drop down dead Than live on like my cousin. 1919 Outing Mar. 326/2 The spirit of Daniel Boone lives on. 1976 B. Roberts Kimberley 12 James Gregory's report..was soon discounted. His name, however, lived on. 1993 Spy (N.Y.) May 13/2 With cockroachlike indestructibility, Nathanson lives on. < as lemmas |
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