love 英 [lʌv]   美 [lʌv]

love

love  英 [lʌv] 美 [lʌv]

n. 恋爱;酷爱;  v.  

进行时:loving  过去式:loved  过去分词:loved  第三人称单数:loves  名词复数:loves 

I love you. 我爱你。
We're in love! 我们相爱了!

  • How can we love our partners, our parents, sunsets at the beach, cats, and Fridays? The types of love listed here mean different things — but what remains is the certainty, at least for now, that what you love is what you adore.
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  • n. 恋爱;酷爱;
  • v.
  • 1. I love you.

    我爱你。

  • 2. We're in love!

    我们相爱了!

  • 3. a love song/story

    爱情歌曲╱故事

  • 4. Take care, my love.

    保重,我的爱人。

  • 5. a mother's love for her children

    母亲对孩子的爱

  • 6. She was in love with him.

    她与他相爱了。

  • 7. I fell in love with the house.

    我喜欢上了这房子。

  • love (n.) Old English lufu "feeling of love; romantic sexual attraction; affection; friendliness; the love of God; Love as an abstraction or personification," from Proto-Germanic *lubo (source also of Old High German liubi "joy," German Liebe "love;" Old Norse, Old Frisian, Dutch lof; German Lob "praise;" Old Saxon liof, Old Frisian liaf, Dutch lief, Old High German liob, German lieb, Gothic liufs "dear, beloved"). The Germanic words are from PIE root *leubh- "to care, desire, love."
  • love (v.) Old English lufian "to feel love for, cherish, show love to; delight in, approve," from Proto-Germanic *lubojan (source also of Old High German lubon, German lieben), a verb from the root of love (n.). Weakened sense of "like" attested by c. 1200. Intransitive sense "be in love, have a passionate attachment" is from mid-13c. To love (someone) up "make out with" is from 1921. To love and leave is from 1885.
love / lʌv ; NAmE lʌv / noun , verb love loves loved loving noun affection 喜爱 1 [uncountable ] a strong feeling of deep affection for sb/sth, especially a member of your family or a friend 爱;热爱;慈爱 a mother's love for her children 母亲对孩子的爱 love of your country 对祖国的热爱 He seems incapable of love. 他好像不会疼爱人。 romantic 浪漫 2 [uncountable ] a strong feeling of affection for sb that you are sexually attracted to 爱情;恋爱 a love song/story 爱情歌曲╱故事 We're in love! 我们相爱了! She was in love with him. 她与他相爱了。 They fell in lovewith each other. 他们彼此相爱了。 It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met). 那是一见钟情。 They're madly in love. 他们狂热地相爱。 Their love grew with the years. 他们的爱逐年加深。 collocationsat marriage enjoyment 乐趣 3 [uncountable ,  singular ] the strong feeling of enjoyment that sth gives you 喜好;喜爱 a love oflearning 对知识的爱好 He's in love withhis work. 他热爱自己的工作。 I fell in love withthe house. 我喜欢上了这房子。 sb/sth you like 所爱的人╱物 4 [countable ] a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much 心爱的人;钟爱之物;爱好 Take care, my love. 保重,我的爱人。 He was the love of my life (= the person I loved most). 他是我一生中最爱的人。 I like most sports but tennis is my first love. 大多数运动我都喜欢,而网球是我的第一爱好。 friendly name 友好的称呼 5 [countable ] ( BrE) ( informal) a word used as a friendly way of addressing sb (昵称)亲爱的 Can I help you, love? 亲爱的,我能帮你忙吗? compare duck n.  (4 ) in tennis 网球 6 [uncountable ] a score of zero (points or games) 零分 40–love! *40 比 0 ! She won the first set six–love/six games to love. 她以六比零赢了第一盘。 IDIOMS (just) for ˈlove | (just) for the ˈlove of sth without receiving payment or any other reward 出于爱好;不收报酬;无偿 They're all volunteers, working for the love of it. 他们都是义务工作的志愿者。 for the love of ˈGod ( old-fashioned, informal) used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient (表示愤怒和不耐烦)看在上帝的分上,哎呀,求求你 For the love of God, tell me what he said! 看在上帝的分上,告诉我他说了些什么! give/send my love to sb ( informal) used to send good wishes to sb 向某人致意(或问候) Give my love to Mary when you see her. 你见到玛丽代我向她问好。 Bob sends his love. 鲍勃向你致意。 ˈlove from | lots of ˈlove (from) ( informal) used at the end of a letter to a friend or to sb you love, followed by your name (用于给朋友或所爱的人的信结尾具名前)爱你的 Lots of love, Jenny 非常爱你的珍妮 love is ˈblind ( saying) when you love sb, you cannot see their faults 爱情是盲目的,爱让人蒙蔽双眼(指恋爱中的人看不到对方缺点) make ˈlove (to sb) to have sex 有性行为;性交;做爱 It was the first time they had made love. 那是他们第一次发生性关系。 not for love or/nor ˈmoney if you say you cannot do sth for love nor money,you mean it is completely impossible to do it 决不;无论怎样也不 We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money. 我们无论如何也找不到一辆出租车。 there's little/no ˈlove lost between A and B they do not like each other (…之间)彼此厌恶,互无好感 There's no love lost between her and her in-laws. 她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。 more at cupboard , fair adj. , head n. , labour n. verb feel affection 感到爱 1 lovesb/sth ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to have very strong feelings of affection for sb 爱;热爱 I love you. 我爱你。 If you love each other, why not get married? 要是你们彼此相爱,干吗不结婚呢? Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS. 她至爱的弟弟因艾滋病而濒临死亡。 He had become a well-loved member of staff. 他已成为受人喜爱的职员。 Relatives need time to grieve over loved onesthey have lost. 亲属需要时间痛悼他们失去的至爱。 to love your country 热爱你的祖国 like/enjoy 喜欢;喜爱 2 to like or enjoy sth very much 喜欢;喜爱 SYN adore lovesth I really love summer evenings. 我非常喜欢夏天的夜晚。 I just love it whenyou bring me presents! 我就喜欢你送我礼物! He loved the wayshe smiled. 他喜欢她微笑的样子。 I love itin Spain (= I like the life there). 我喜欢西班牙的生活。 It was one of his best-loved songs. 这是他最受喜爱的歌曲之一。 ( ironic) You're going to love this.They've changed their minds again. 你会感到高兴的,他们又改变主意了。 lovedoing sth ( especially in BrE) My dad loves going to football games. 我父亲爱去看足球赛。 loveto do sth ( especially NAmE) I love to go out dancing. 我喜欢出去跳舞。 lovesb/sth to do sth He loved her to sing to him. 他喜欢让她唱歌给他听。 synonyms at like 3 would love used to say that you would very much like sth 很喜欢;很愿意 loveto do sth Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing. 来吧,罗里,孩子们都很喜欢听你唱歌。 I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go. 我没去过巴西,但很想去。 lovesb/sth to do sth I'd love her to come and live with us. 我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。 lovesth ‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’ “要抽支烟吗?”“我倒很乐意抽一支,可我刚把烟戒了。” IDIOM ˌlove you and ˈleave you ( informal, humorous) used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer (表示想留却必须离开)不得不走 Well, time to love you and leave you. 唉,我该走了,不想走也得走哇。 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 love like be fond of sb adore be devoted to sb care for sb dote on sb These words all mean to have feelings of love or affection for sb. 以上各词均含喜爱、爱慕某人之意。 love to have strong feelings of affection for sb 指爱、热爱: I love you. 我爱你。 like to find sb pleasant and enjoy being with them 指喜欢、喜爱: She's nice. I like her. 她人很好,我喜欢她。 be fond of sb to feel affection for sb, especially sb you have known for a long time 指喜爱(尤指认识已久的人): I've always been very fond of your mother. 我一直非常喜欢你的母亲。 adore to love sb very much 指热爱、爱慕: It's obvious that she adores him. 她显然深深地爱着他。 be devoted to sb to love sb very much and be loyal to them 指深爱、忠诚于某人: They are devoted to their children. 他们深爱着自己的孩子。 care for sb to love sb, especially in a way that is based on strong affection or a feeling of wanting to protect them, rather than sex 指深深地爱、非常喜欢,但不指性爱: He cared for her more than she realized. 她不知道他是多么在乎她。 NOTE Care for sbis often used when sb has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when sb wishes that sb loved them, or doubts that sb does. *care for sb 常用于未向任何人吐露感情或刚开始意识到这种感情时,亦用于希望别人爱自己或不知别人是否爱自己时: If he really cared for you, he wouldn't behave like that. 如果他真的在乎你,就不会干出那样的事。 dote on sb to feel and show great love for sb, ignoring their faults 指溺爱、宠爱、过分喜爱: He dotes on his children. 他溺爱自己的孩子。 PATTERNS to reallylove/like/adore/care for/dote on sb to be really / really fond of/devoted to sb to love/like/care for sb very much love / lʌv ; NAmE lʌv /
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