单词 | life assurances |
释义 | life /līf/noun (pl lives /līvz/)
Used as an oath, abbreviated from God's life adjective and combining form
ORIGIN: OE līf; ON līf, Swed lif, Du liif body, life; Ger Leib body, leben to live, Leben life lifeˈful (Spenser lyfull or lifull) adjective Full of vital energy lifeˈless adjective
lifeˈlessly adverb lifeˈlessness noun lifeˈlike adjective Of something inanimate, like a living person or the copied original lifeˈlikeness noun līfˈer noun
lifeˈsome adjective (archaic)
life'-affirming adjective Reinforcing a belief in the worth of human existence lifeˈ-and-deathˈ adjective
life annuity noun A sum paid to a person yearly during his or her life life assurance or life insurance noun Insurance providing a sum of money for a specified beneficiary in the event of the policyholder's death, and sometimes for the policyholder if he or she reaches a specified age lifeˈbelt noun
lifeˈblood noun
lifeˈboat noun
lifeˈboatman noun lifeˈbuoy noun A float for supporting a person in the water until he or she can be rescued life class noun An art class in which the students draw or paint the human body from a live model life coach noun A person whose job is to advise clients on how to achieve success and happiness life cycle noun
lifeˈ-estateˈ noun An estate held during the life of the possessor life expectancy noun The length of time which any living organism can reasonably be expected to remain alive lifeˈ-forceˈ noun A directing principle supposed to be inherent in living things, turning their activities to nature's own purposes lifeˈ-giving adjective
lifeˈguard noun
Life Guards plural noun Two troops of cavalry, first so called in 1685, amalgamated in 1922 and forming, with the Royal Horse Guards, the Household Cavalry life history noun
lifeˈhold adjective Held for life life instinct noun (in psychoanalysis) the instinct for self-preservation and reproduction life insurance see life assurance above. lifeˈ-inˈterest noun An interest lasting during a life life jacket noun A buoyant jacket for keeping a person afloat in water, a lifebelt lifeˈline noun
lifeˈlong adjective Lasting throughout one's life lifeˈmanship noun (facetious; title of humorous book by Stephen Potter, 1950) The art of making the other person feel inferior, of placing oneself at an advantage lifeˈ-morˈtar noun A mortar for throwing a line to a ship in distress life peer noun A peer whose title is not hereditary life peerage noun life peeress noun A woman who receives a peerage which cannot be handed down to heirs lifeˈ-preservˈer noun
life raft noun A raft kept on board a ship for use in an emergency lifeˈ-renˈdering adjective (Shakespeare) Yielding up life lifeˈ-rent noun (Scots law) A right to use for life lifeˈ-renter noun A person who enjoys a life-rent (also fem lifeˈ-rentrix) lifeˈ-rockˈet noun A rocket for carrying a line to a ship in distress lifeˈ-saver noun
lifeˈ-savˈing adjective Designed to save life, esp from drowning noun The act or skill of rescuing people who are in danger of drowning life school noun A school where artists work from living models life sciences plural noun Those sciences (biology, medicine, etc) concerned with living organisms life scientist noun life sentence noun A prison sentence to last for the rest of the prisoner's natural life (usu now lasting approx 13 years) lifeˈ-size or lifeˈ-sized adjective Of the size of the object represented lifeˈspan noun The length of time for which a person or animal normally lives, or a machine, etc functions life story noun A biography or autobiography, esp as recounted in the media or book form lifeˈstyle noun
life-support machine or life-support system noun A device or system of devices designed to maintain human life in adverse conditions, eg in space, during serious illness, etc life table noun A table of statistics of probability of life lifeˈ-tenant noun The holder of a life-estate lifeˈtime noun The time during which one is alive lifeˈ-wearˈy adjective (Shakespeare)
lifeˈ-work noun The work to which one's life is, has been or is to be devoted bring to life
come to life
for life
for the life of me, him, her, etc
get a life (informal; usu in imperative) To start to live life to the full and do interesting things high life Fashionable society or its (glamorous) manner of living line of life A crease in the palm in which palmists see a promise of longevity not on your life (informal) On no account, absolutely not see life To see how other people live, esp the less well-off or respectable take someone's life To kill someone the life and soul The person who is the chief source of fun, etc, esp at a party the life of Riley /rīˈli/ An easy, carefree (and often irresponsible) life to the life
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