| 释义 |
liferlif‧er /ˈlaɪfə $ -ər/ noun [countable]   - At least a lifer, Holmes.
- Effectively, their friendship had ended when Converse was discharged and Hicks became, as he thought, a lifer.
- He was like the rest of the lifers, he didn't need me any more.
- I don't know how lifers cope with it, but they do.
- IBMers are typically lifers IBMers are typically lifers.
- It must be Government policy to give the lifer some dignity.
- Sometimes it's so they can moon around and say how beautiful it all was and pretend they're still lifers there.
- Sometimes we get sent to fetch lifers to come over to our side.
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