life
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- the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death；living things and their activity
noun: life, plural noun: lives
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- 1. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death the origins of life cats require visual experience during the first few weeks of life 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ living things and their activity lower forms of life the ice-cream vendors were the only signs of life 同義詞
- 2. the existence of an individual human being or animal a disaster that claimed the lives of 266 people she didn't want to die; she loved life 同義詞
- ▪ a particular type or aspect of human existence his father decided to start a new life in California a teacher will help you settle into school life 同義詞
- ▪ a biography a life of Shelley 同義詞
- ▪ (in Christianity and some other religious traditions) either of the two states of a person's existence separated by death he departed this life on 28 March 1912 同義詞
- ▪ (in Hinduism and some other religious traditions) any of a number of successive existences in which a soul is held to be reincarnated a spiritual pilgrimage into her past lives
- ▪ a chance to live after narrowly escaping death (with reference to the nine lives traditionally attributed to cats) we were called to the hospital, but the old rogue had nine lives and seemed to be negotiating for another two
- ▪ (in various games) one of a specified number of chances each player has before being put out.
- 3. the period between the birth and death of a living thing, especially a human being she has lived all her life in the country they became friends for life 同義詞
- ▪ the period during which something inanimate or abstract continues to exist, function, or be valid underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet 同義詞
- ▪ informal a sentence of imprisonment for life.
- 4. vitality, vigour, or energy she was beautiful and full of life 同義詞
- 5. (in art) the depiction of a subject from a real model, rather than from an artist's imagination the pose and clothing were sketched from life
- plural form of life
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- plural form of life
Oxford American Dictionary
- serving or intended to save a person's life, especially from illness or injury: life-saving drugs he is due to undergo a life-saving operation within weeks
- the action or process of saving another person's life, especially from drowning: Warren was involved in teaching generations of children swimming, personal survival, and life-saving
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- (of food) treated so as to stay fresh for longer than usual: long-life milk
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- people or activities characterized as being disreputable and often criminal: crackheads, loafers, and general Nineties low life
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- the activity or skill of drawing live, typically nude, models: she studied life drawing at the Camden Arts Centre a life drawing class
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- a short truncheon with a heavily loaded end.
Oxford Dictionary
- an extravagant social life as enjoyed by the wealthy.
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片語
- be one's life
- do anything for a quiet life
- for dear life
- for the life of me
- frighten the life out of
- get a life
- give one's life for
- as large as life
- larger than life
- the life and soul of the party
- life is too short
- one's life's work
- lose one's life
- a matter of life and death
- not on your life
- save someone's life
- save one's own life
- see life
- take one's life in one's hands
- bring to life
- come to life
- take someone's life
- take one's own life
- that's life
- this is the life
- to the life
- to save one's life
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- the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the ... the origins of life
Oxford American Dictionary