liven

FREQ #25852

vt. 使高兴, 使快活 vi. 快活起来

发音

其它
其它
/ˈlaɪvən/
/ˈlɪvən/

词形变化

livens 三单 livening 现在分词 livened 过去式 livened 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.

    及物/不及物

    Let's liven up this party!

    1958: Marco Polo, Ronald Latham (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo Instead of the picturesque fables* that liven the pages of ‘Sir John Mandeville’ and of many more authentic travellers, he gives us no less picturesque facts, and facts in great abundance.

    1979: The American School Board Journal, volume 166, no. 1, January 1979, published by the National School Boards Association, caption to an image in the May 1979 section Visiting professionals frequently liven the day at the Elm Creative Arts School.

  2. 1.

    plural simple present of live

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

animate invigorate enliven liven up

上位词 6

brace stimulate arouse energize energise perk up

下位词 6

spirit ginger up inspirit jazz up juice up pep up

相关短语

liven up (使)活跃起来, (使)有生气, (使)愉快

词源

Partly from life + -en; partly from live (adjective) + -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”).

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