love
n. 爱, 恋爱, 爱情, 爱好, 性爱 vt. 爱, 爱好, 爱慕 vi. 爱
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1.
A deep caring for the existence of another.
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2.
Strong affection.
A profound and caring affection towards someone.
爱
爱情
情爱
可数 不可数A mother’s love is not easily shaken.
My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life.
My love for Melca is eternal.
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3.
Strong affection.
Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
可数 不可数The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving—and this love is … the highest of all the Divine commands[.]
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4.
Strong affection.
A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
可数 不可数I have never been in love as much as I have with you.
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Strong affection.
A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
可数 不可数My love of cricket knows no bounds.
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6.
A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
情人
恋人
宝贝
亲爱的
甜心
爱人仔
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A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.
非正式 可数 不可数Hello love, how can I help you?
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A thing, activity, etc. which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.
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Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.
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Sexual activity.
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An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.
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12.
Alternative letter-case form of Love (“personification of love”).
可数 不可数At busy hearts in vain love's arrows fly; …
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A thin silk material.
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A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba.
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Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.
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Zero, no score.
不可数 体育 游戏So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova.
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2.
Nothing; no recompense.
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1.
To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
爱
热爱
爱好
爱戴
爱情
情爱
不及物 及物I love my spouse. I love you! I love that song!
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2.
To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
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爱好
及物I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair
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3.
To derive delight from a fact or situation.
及物I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
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4.
To have sex with (perhaps from make love).
做爱
委婉 及物I wish I could love her all night long.
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5.
To need, thrive on.
及物Mold loves moist, dark places.
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To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
爱
爱慕
疼爱
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Synonym of heart (verb).
She loved my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.
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1.
Alternative form of lofe (“to praise, sell”).
词汇关系
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反义词 1
上位词 8
下位词 10
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词源
From Middle English love, luve, from Old English lufu, from Proto-West Germanic *lubu, from Proto-Germanic *lubō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“love, care, desire”). The close of a letter sense is presumably a truncation of With love or the like. The verb is from Middle English loven, luvien, from Old English lufian (“to love”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubōn (“to love”), derived from the noun. Eclipsed non-native English amour (“love”), borrowed from Norman amour (“love”). Cognates Cognate with Scots luve (“love”), Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof (“dear, sweet”), Ljoote, Ljoowe (“love”), West Frisian leaf (“friendly, kind, cordial”), leafde (“love”), Dutch lief (“lovely, nice, sweet”), liefde (“love”), German lieb (“dear; lovable”), Liebe (“love”), German Low German Leevde, Lieve (“love”), Luxembourgish léif (“lovely, kind, nice, sweet”), Léift (“love”), Vilamovian łiwa (“love”), Yiddish ליב (lib, “nice; kind”), Icelandic ljúfur (“beloved, dear”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish ljuv (“lovely, sweet”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs, “beloved, dear”), Albanian lyp (“to beg”), Russian любовь (ljubovʹ, “love”), Lithuanian liaupsė (“praise”), Latin libido (“desire, lust”), Polish lubić (“to like”), Persian آلفتن (âloftan, “to enamor”), Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “desire, greed”).
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