英语词汇“live”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	live
释义	live I. \ˈliv\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English liven, from Old English libban, lifian; akin to Old High German lebēn to live, Old Norse lifa, Gothic liban, Latin caelebs unmarried *intransitive verb* 1. : to be alive : have the life of an animal or plant < the child lived and grew > 2. : to continue alive < the longer I live, I find the folly and the fraud of mankind grow more and more intolerable — Tobias Smollett > < lived to a ripe and vigorous old age > < had nine children of whom only five lived > 3. : to maintain oneself : feed, subsist < lived on peanut-butter sandwiches and milk, but was very contented — Current Biography > < a man must always live by his work — Adam Smith > < many of our customers lived on high inventories — Monsanto Chemical Co. Annual Report > < lived on his relatives > < lived by his wits > 4. : to conduct, direct, or pass one's life < had religiously lived up to that standard — C.L.Jones > < I lived and cared only for science — Harrison Brown > 5. : to occupy a home : dwell, reside < lives in the suburbs > < the houses in which they lived, the ceremonies of their courts, he cannot accurately figure to himself — Matthew Arnold > 6. : to attain eternal life or beatitude < I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live — Jn 11:25 (Revised Standard Version) > 7. : to survive oblivion : remain in human memory or record < though you die in combat gory, ye shall live in song and story — W.S.Gilbert > < and yet the past lives in us all — W.R.Inge > < the desire of man to live on through his deeds, characteristic of the erection of pyramids — John Dewey > 8. : to flourish in human life or consciousness : retain effect, existence, or vigor < his name cannot die while courage and honor live among men > 9. : to outlast storm or danger : remain afloat or operative — used of a ship or airplane < the 20 to 25 Jap torpedo planes managed to live long enough to launch four torpedoes — Ira Wolfert > 10. : to realize the possibilities of life amply : attain fulfillment or satisfaction < the boy who is mentally awake lives more in a day than a dull boy does in a month — Boy Scout Handbook > < I smile when I find people cheerfully talking of “happiness” as something to be desired in life. I have lived — Havelock Ellis > 11. : cohabit < for 18 months she had lived with that Canadian colonel — Fred Majdalany > *transitive verb* 1. : to pass through or spend the duration of < we do not live out our lives unattended by divinity — American Scholar > < lived an unforgettable hour that seemed a lifetime > 2. : enact, practice < what other men were preaching, he lived — P.E.More > < images and ideas which can be lived and defended — Stephen Spender > 3. : to exhibit vigor, gusto, or enthusiasm in < seized life with both hands and lived every minute of it — H.W.Glover > Synonyms: see reside • - live it up - live up to II. \ˈlīv\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: short for alive 1. : having life : living < she purged a live eel — Robert Burton > < ships live cattle > 2. : abounding with life : vital, vivid < the portrait is … always live and spirited — Times Literary Supplement > < a live appreciation of the role of cultural forces in history — L.A.White > < he saw an oldening, flaccid face with live eyes — Maurice Walsh > 3. : exerting force or containing energy: as a. : afire, glowing < tossed a live cigarette from the car > b. : connected to electric power < a thousand-volt wire, live and burning with its power — Adria Langley > c. : charged with explosives and containing shot or a bullet < a live shell > < a live cartridge > < live ammunition > also : undischarged, unexploded < a live bomb > d. : imparting or driven by power : having motion < the live center of a lathe > < live conveyor rolls > e. : charged with fissionable material < the pile was built up … with alternating layers of live and dead blocks — L.R.Hafstad > 4. : living in thought or controversy : of continuing interest : open to debate : not settled or decided : unclosed < long-standing denominational disputes still were live issues — Oscar Handlin > 5. : being in a pure native state: as a. of a mineral : native, virgin b. of rock : unwrought, unquarried 6. a. : of bright vivid color b. : of normal brightness or luster — used of timber and lumber 7. : highly reverberant — used of a room or enclosed space in which sound is produced; compare anechoic, dead 10 8. a. of a playing card : available for play because still in the hands or stock b. : being in play < a live ball > 9. of rubber : springy, resilient 10. a. : not yet printed from or plated : to be held for possible further or future printing — used of a printing surface b. : not yet typeset; also : typeset but not yet proofread c. : used for storing or holding live matter 11. a. : of or relating to a performance done without mechanical reproduction by phonograph or cinema : presented directly by musicians or actors in concert hall or theater or on radio or television : not recorded or filmed b. : present and responsive — used of a radio or television studio audience III. \ˈlīv\ adverb : at the actual time of occurrence : during or at a live performance < the sessions were carried live in their entirety by the public television station — Peter Binzen >
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