alive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having life; living; not dead. predicative
    — As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it.
  2. In a state of action; in force or operation; existent. predicative
    — to keep the fire alive
  3. Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy. predicative
    — Although quite dull during the day, the main street comes alive at night, with many bars and clubs opening.
  4. Carrying electrical current; energized. predicative
    — DANGER: OVERHEAD CATENARY—WIRE IS ALIVE
  5. Aware of; sensitive to. predicative
    — We are alive to the ongoing potential for terrorist attacks.
  6. Sprightly; lively; brisk. predicative
    — Smouch, requesting Mr. Pickwick in a surly manner ‘to be as alive as he could, for it was a busy time,’ drew up a chair by the door and sat there, until he had finished dressing.
  7. Susceptible, sensitive; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy. predicative
    — Though tremblingly alive to Nature's laws, Yet ever firm to Honour's sacred cause
  8. Out of all living creatures. emphatic,intensifier,predicative
    — The Whitest Boy Alive
  9. Synonym of live. predicative

词形变化

more alive comparative most alive superlative

词汇关系

近义词
extant vital peppy zestful above ground alive alive and well animate animated kicking lively livesome living quick still with us surviving undeceased vitalic
反义词
dead
下位词
livish relict unwilted
衍生词
alive and kicking alive and well alive internet theory alively aliveness born-alive catch-'em-alive-O Christ alive come alive dead-alive dead-and-alive dead or alive eat someone alive flay someone alive for land's sake alive for land's sakes alive for the land's sake alive for the land's sakes alive keepalive keep hope alive land sake alive land sakes alive land's sake alive land's sakes alive look alive man alive mercy sake's alive more dead than alive nonalive saints alive sakes alive skin someone alive snakes alive unalive working alive

词源

From Middle English alyve, alive, alife, olive, olife, on live, on life, from Old English on līfe (“alive”, literally “in life" or "in (the) body”), from on (“on, in”) + līfe, dative singular of līf (“life”). In this sense, replaced Old English cwic (whence English quick). Equivalent to a- + life. Compare Dutch in leven (“alive”, literally “in life”), German am Leben (“alive”, literally “at life" or "at living”).
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