life

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. uncountable,usually
    — I want my kids to live a good life.  He gave up on life.
  2. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.; The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism. uncountable,usually
  3. The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc. uncountable,usually
    — The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
  4. Lifeforms, generally or collectively. uncountable,usually
    — It's life, but not as we know it. She discovered plant life on the planet. The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world.
  5. A living being; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.) countable,usually
    — Many lives were lost during the war. Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives.
  6. Existence. uncountable,usually
    — Life is meaningless and we are all going to die.
  7. Existence.; A worthwhile existence. uncountable,usually
    — He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life!  His life was ruined by drugs.
  8. Existence.; A particular aspect of existence. uncountable,usually
    — He struggled to balance his family life, social life and work life.
  9. Existence.; Social life. informal,uncountable,usually
    — Get a life.
  10. Existence.; Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc. uncountable,usually
    — She's my love, my life. Running the bakery is her life.
  11. A period of time during which something has existence.; The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive. uncountable,usually
    — “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
  12. A period of time during which something has existence.; The span of time during which an object operates. uncountable,usually
    — Even if the bill's life is brief, the member who introduced it can still campaign as its champion.
  13. A period of time during which something has existence.; The period of time during which an object is recognizable. uncountable,usually
    — The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.
  14. A period of time during which something has existence.; A particular phase or period of existence. uncountable,usually
    — This would require that reproductive cells do not exist early on but rather are produced during the organism's adult life from the gemules sent from the various organs.
  15. A period of time during which something has existence.; A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age). uncountable,usually
    — Typically, an appointed judge is appointed for life.
  16. A period of time during which something has existence.; A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).; A life sentence; a period of imprisonment that lasts until the convict's death (or, sometimes, parole). colloquial,uncountable,usually
  17. Animation; spirit; vivacity. uncountable,usually
    — No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words.
  18. Animation; spirit; vivacity.; The most lively component or participant. uncountable,usually
    — "Don't I know that it is you who is the life of this house. Two delightful children!"
  19. A biography. uncountable,usually
    — His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.
  20. Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it. uncountable,usually
    — The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
  21. An opportunity for existence. uncountable,usually
    — The photo book represented my promise to her—a new life—and she desperately clung to that promise.
  22. An opportunity for existence.; One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made. uncountable,usually
    — Scoring 1000 points is rewarded with an extra life.
  23. An opportunity for existence.; A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of a misplay by a member of the fielding team. uncountable,usually
    — Borda sent a hot liner to G. Kugler, who made a nifty pick-up, but threw wild at first, giving the batter a life.
  24. An opportunity for existence.; One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball. uncountable,usually
  25. The life insurance industry. uncountable,usually
    — I work in life.
  26. A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract). countable,usually
    — He renewed two lives which had dropped.
动词 v.
  1. To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.
    — Now, the aim of the design is to extract more cycles from the component under study, at each new engine generation requirements are driving a reduction in the margin for the error, as parts cannot stand any drop in properties. Thus, the lifing procedures are refined by means of new models or additional specific testing for limiting features to increase the life of the components; […]
感叹词 intj.
  1. Synonym of God's life (an oath). obsolete

词形变化

lives plural lyfe alternative,obsolete lifes present,singular,third-person lifing participle,present lifed participle,past lifed past lyfe alternative,obsolete lyfe alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
the world in general
反义词
death coma void
衍生词
10-20-Life about that life afterlife after-life A-life A-lifer all one's life is worth all one's life's worth all that one's life is worth antilife anti-life anti-lifer artificial life art imitates life as big as life as if one's life depended on it as if one's life depends on it as large as life author of life bag for life bane of one's life bane of someone's life battery life beg for one's life benevolent dictator for life bet one's life bigger than life bigger-than-life biological life birdlife bread of life breathe back to life breathe new life into breath of life bring back to life bring to life cat and dog life celebration of life change of life charmed life circle of life claim someone's life come to life consistent life ethic counterlife credit life insurance cryolife cyberlife daily life dark life daylife disability-adjusted life year disability adjusted life year dog's life double life Draw My Life dreaming life dreamlife dream life early life check economic life elixir of life end-of-life end of life end one's life enliven estate for life eternal life even if one's life depended on it everlasting life everyday life fact of life fail at life fight for one's life fishlife flower of life folklife for dear life forelife for life for one's life for real life for the life of one frighten the life out of someone get a life get life give life to go for your life good life grab life by the balls grab life by the horns grab life by the throat Greek life halflife half-life have a nice life have one's bread buttered for life have one's whole life ahead of one have the time of one's life high life highlife high on life homelife home life how's life incompatible with life in one's life in real life jaws of life joint life kiss of life lack-life larger-than-life larger than life lay down one's life lead a cat-and-dog life life admin life-affirming life after death lifeaholic life-and-death life and limb life and soul of the party life annuity life-arrow lifebar life-bearing life belt lifebelt life bird lifeblood lifeboat life boat lifeboatman lifebuoy life-buoy life buoy life car lifecare life-care lifecast lifecasting life-changing life-changingly life choice life class life coach life coaching life cot life-critical life-cycle life cycle lifecycle lifeday life-dinner principle lifedraining life drawing life estate life estate pur autre vie life eternal life event life everlasting life expectancy life-expired life extension life-flight life-force life force life form life-form lifefuel lifeful life-giver life-giving life goal lifegoal life goes on lifeguard life hack lifehack lifehacker lifehacking life hammer life happens life history lifehold life imitates art life imprisonment life insurance life insurer life interest life is like a box of chocolates life is not all beer and skittles life is not all skittles and beer life is short life is too short life is what you make it lifejacket life jacket life-lease lifeless life-lesson life lesson lifelet lifelike life line lifeline life-line life list lifelog lifelogger lifelong life long life-long life lore lifelore life-lore lifely lifeman lifemanship life mask lifemate life member life mortar lifen lifeness life net life off life of its own life of O'Reilly life of Reilly life of Riley life of the party life-or-death life partner lifepath life peer life plan life plant life preserver life pro tip lifer life raft liferent liferenter life review life rights life ring life rocket life-ruining life's a bitch lifesaver life-saver life saver life-saving lifesaving life savings lifescape life school life science life sentence life-sentenced life settlement life sim life simulation life-size life-sized lifeskill life skill lifesome life-source lifespan life span lifespring life stage life stance lifesteal life story lifestream lifestreaming lifestring life style life-style lifestyle life-support life support life table lifetable lifetaker lifetap life-telling life tenant life thread life-threatening lifetime life-time life vest lifevest lifeward lifeway lifewide lifework lifeworthy lifey life zone lifie like one's life depended on it line of life live one's best life live one's own life livish long-life long-lived lose one's life loss of life love life love of one's life low life low-life lowlife make it one's life matter of life and death matter of life or death meaning of life mercury of life microlife midlife mid-life mid-life crisis mid-lifer minelife mirror life more life in a tramp's vest new lease of life new lease on life next life nightlife night-lifer no-life no-lifer nonlife non-life-threatening not on your life of someone's life oh my life on my life on trial for one's life pace-of-life syndrome Parklife past-life past life pay with one's life personal life plantlife pondlife pond life pot life prelife primary life support system prime of life private life pro-life pro-lifer proof of life pseudolife pseudo-life public life quality-adjusted life year quality of life quarter-life crisis quarterlifer real life real-life real-life experience relife right-to-life right to life right-to-lifer risk life and limb risk one's life risk one's life and limb run for one's life save someone's life scare the life out of school life sealife self-life sell one's life dearly service life set for life sex life shelf life shit life syndrome short-lived sign of life simple-lifeish slice of life social life software life cycle so is life spring to life staff of life stake one's life still life still-life storage life story of my life story of one's life streetlife such is life swamplife take one's life take one's life in one's hands take one's own life take someone's life tenancy for life that's life that's the way life is the best things in life are free the best things in life aren't things the breath of life there's life in the old dog yet this is the life thread of life thug life time of life time of one's life to save one's life to the life toys-to-life tree of life triangle of life true-life true to life turn one's life around turn one's life upside down underlife university of life unlife useful life vanlife variety is the spice of life waking life walk of life warm as life water of life way of life welcome to my life wheel of life whole-life whole life order whole life tariff wild life wildlife within an inch of one's life word of life working life work-life balance work life work-life you only go around once in life your money or your life zero-life
相关词
alive live lively

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), Saterland Frisian Lieuw (“body”), West Frisian liif (“body”), Cimbrian laip (“body”), Dutch lijf (“body”) and leven (“life”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Low German Lief (“body; life”), Luxembourgish Leif, Läif (“body”), Vilamovian łaowa (“life”), Yiddish לײַב (layb, “body”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Faroese lív (“life”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive.
The sense "biography" is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta (“biography; hagiography”).
词源 2
From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), Saterland Frisian Lieuw (“body”), West Frisian liif (“body”), Cimbrian laip (“body”), Dutch lijf (“body”) and leven (“life”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Low German Lief (“body; life”), Luxembourgish Leif, Läif (“body”), Vilamovian łaowa (“life”), Yiddish לײַב (layb, “body”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Faroese lív (“life”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive.
The sense "biography" is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta (“biography; hagiography”).
词源 3
From Middle English lyf, from Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“life, body”), from *lībaną (“to remain, stay, be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).
Cognate with Scots life, leif (“life”), Saterland Frisian Lieuw (“body”), West Frisian liif (“body”), Cimbrian laip (“body”), Dutch lijf (“body”) and leven (“life”), German Leib (“body; womb”) and Leben (“life”), Low German Lief (“body; life”), Luxembourgish Leif, Läif (“body”), Vilamovian łaowa (“life”), Yiddish לײַב (layb, “body”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish liv (“life; waist”), Faroese lív (“life”), Icelandic líf (“life”). Related to belive.
The sense "biography" is likely a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīta (“biography; hagiography”).
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