life
英 [la?f]
美[la?f]
- n. 生活，生存；寿命
英英释意
- 1. a characteristic state or mode of living;
- "social life"
- "city life"
- "real life"
- 2. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living;
- "he hoped for a new life in Australia"
- "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"
- 3. the experience of living; the course of human events and activities;
- "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
- 4. the condition of living or the state of being alive;
- "while there's life there's hope"
- "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
- 5. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death);
- "the battery had a short life"
- "he lived a long and happy life"
- 6. the period between birth and the present time;
- "I have known him all his life"
- 7. animation and energy in action or expression;
- "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
- 8. an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- 9. the period from the present until death;
- "he appointed himself emperor for life"
- 10. a living person;
- "his heroism saved a life"
- 11. living things collectively;
- "the oceans are teeming with life"
- 12. a motive for living;
- "pottery was his life"
- 13. the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones;
- "there is no life on the moon"
- 14. a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives;
- "he got life for killing the guard"