英汉词典

love 基本解释

• n. 恋爱；亲爱的；酷爱；喜爱的事物；爱情，爱意；疼爱；热爱；爱人，所爱之物
• v. 爱，热爱；爱戴；赞美，称赞；喜爱；喜好；喜欢；爱慕
• n. （英）洛夫（人名）

love 词态变化

love 中文词源

来自PIE*leubh,关心，爱，渴望，词源同lief,believe,belief.

love 英文词源

love

love: [OE] The word love goes back to an Indo- European *leubh-, which has spawned a huge lexical progeny: not just words for ‘love’ (love’s Germanic relatives, such as German liebe and Dutch liefde, as well as the archaic English lief ‘dear’ [OE] and Latin libīdō ‘strong desire’, source of English libidinous [15]) but also words for ‘praise’ (German lob and Dutch lof) and ‘belief’ (German glauben, Dutch gelooven, English believe).

The sense ‘find pleasing’ is primary; it subsequently developed to ‘praise’ and, probably via ‘be satisfied with’, to ‘trust, believe’. The derivative lovely [OE] originally meant ‘affectionate’ and ‘lovable’; the modern sense ‘beautiful’ did not develop until the late 13th century.
=> believe, leave, lief

love (n.)

Old English lufu "love, affection, friendliness," from Proto-Germanic *lubo (cognates: Old High German liubi "joy," German Liebe "love;" Old Norse, Old Frisian, Dutch lof; German Lob "praise;" Old Saxon liof, Old Frisian liaf, Dutch lief, Old High German liob, German lieb, Gothic liufs "dear, beloved").

The Germanic words are from PIE *leubh- "to care, desire, love" (cognates: Latin lubet, later libet "pleases;" Sanskrit lubhyati "desires;" Old Church Slavonic l'ubu "dear, beloved;" Lithuanian liaupse "song of praise").

"Even now," she thought, "almost no one remembers Esteban and Pepita but myself. Camilla alone remembers her Uncle Pio and her son; this woman, her mother. But soon we shall die and all memory of those five will have left the earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning." [Thornton Wilder, "Bridge of San Luis Rey," 1927]

Meaning "a beloved person" is from early 13c. The sense "no score" (in tennis, etc.) is 1742, from the notion of "playing for love," i.e. "for nothing" (1670s). Phrase for love or money "for anything" is attested from 1580s. Love seat is from 1904. Love-letter is attested from mid-13c.; love-song from early 14c. To fall in love is attested from early 15c. To be in love with (someone) is from c. 1500. To make love is from 1570s in the sense "pay amorous attention to;" as a euphemism for "have sex," it is attested from c. 1950. Love life "one's collective amorous activities" is from 1919, originally a term in psychological jargon. Love affair is from 1590s. The phrase no love lost (between two people) is ambiguous and was used 17c. in reference to two who love each other well (c. 1640) as well as two who have no love for each other (1620s).

love (v.)

Old English lufian "to love, cherish, show love to; delight in, approve," from Proto-Germanic *lubojan (cognates: Old High German lubon, German lieben), from root of love (n.). Related: Loved; loving. Adjective Love-hate "ambivalent" is from 1937, originally a term in psychological jargon.

love 词组搭配

love 英文释义

1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection;

"his love for his work"

"children need a lot of love"

2. any object of warm affection or devotion;

"the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting";

3. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

4. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;

"their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"

"she was his first love"

5. a score of zero in tennis or squash;

"it was 40 love"

6. sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people;

"his lovemaking disgusted her"

"he hadn't had any love in months"

"he has a very complicated love life"

love 同义词解析

affection, love, attachment

这些名词均含"爱，热爱"之意。

affection：指对人的爱慕或深厚、温柔的感情，侧重感情的深沉。

love：比affection的语气更强。表示一种难以控制的激情。

attachment：通常用于书面文字中，既可指对某人某物的喜欢，又可指出自理智对某人或某物的热爱，尤指长时间的爱。

like, love, enjoy, fancy, adore, prefer

这些动词都有"喜欢，喜爱"之意。

like： 最常用词，往往只表不太强烈的兴趣或关注，不带强烈的感情，除非另加修饰语。

love： 不但表示强烈的喜欢，而且含依恋之情，因此多用于能激起深厚情感的人或物。

enjoy： 指对能提供感观或智力上满足或快乐的东西表示欣赏或喜爱。

fancy： 指喜爱投合自己心意、嗜好或欲望等的人或物。

adore： 非正式用词，口语体。指非常喜爱，带强烈的感情色彩。

prefer： 指有选择性或偏向性的喜欢。

love 双语例句

1. Older editors glossed "drynke" as "love-potion".

老编辑将drynke注释为love-potion（春药）。

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2. English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love.

英语伤我千百遍，我待英语如初恋。

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3. If you love life, life will love you back.

热爱生活，生活也会厚爱你。

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4. I will return, find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.

我会回去，找到你，爱你，娶你，活的光明正大。《赎罪》

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5. His beautifully illustrated book well attested his love of the university.

他那本带有精美插图的书见证了他对大学的热爱。

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love 实用场景例句

Oh, Amy, I love you...

哦，埃米，我爱你。

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We love each other. We want to spend our lives together.

我们彼此相爱。我们希望共度一生。

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Our love for each other has been increased by what we've been through together.

我们共同经历了这些风风雨雨后，彼此更加相爱了。

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...a old fashioned love story.

老式爱情故事

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You'll never love anyone the way you love your baby.

你决不会像疼爱自己的宝宝一样疼爱别人。

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My love for all my children is unconditional...

我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。

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She's got a great capacity for love.

她很懂得如何去爱。

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We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes...

我们很喜欢这些食物，尤其是鱼。

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I loved reading.

我很爱读书。

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I love my country as you love yours.

我热爱我的祖国，就像你热爱你的祖国一样。

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This is no way to encourage a love of literature...

靠这种办法想激起对文学的热爱是行不通的。

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The French are known for their love of their language.

法国人热爱自己的语言是出了名的。

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'She is the love of my life,' he said...

“她是我一生所爱，”他说道。

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Music's one of my great loves.

音乐是我的至爱之一。

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I would love to play for England again...

我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力。

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I would love a hot bath and clean clothes...

要是能洗个热水澡、换身干净的衣服就太好了。

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Well, I'll take your word for it then, love...

唔，那我就信你吧，亲爱的。

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Don't cry, my love.

别哭，亲爱的。

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He beat Thomas Muster of Austria three sets to love.

他3比0直取奥地利的托马斯·蒙斯特。

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...with love from Grandma and Grandpa.

爱你的爷爷、奶奶

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Please give her my love.

请代我问候她。

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I fell in love with him because of his kind nature...

我爱上他，是因为他秉性善良。

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We fell madly in love.

我们疯狂地相爱了。

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Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.

与福特的密切合作开始令我爱上了电影。

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Laura had never before been in love...

劳拉之前从来没有恋爱过。

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I've never really been in love with anyone...

我从来没有真正爱上过谁。

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He had always been in love with the enchanted landscape of the West.

他一向热爱西部的迷人风光。

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There was no love lost between the two men who were supposed to be working in harmony on a mounting crisis.

在一场日益严峻的危机面前，本应和睦共处、通力合作的这两个男人却势同水火。

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Have you ever made love to a girl before?...

你和女孩有过云雨之欢吗？

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One night, after 18 months of friendship, they made love for the first and last time.

一天晚上，做了18个月的朋友之后，他们第一次也是最后一次上了床。

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