lives 音标拼音: [l'ɪvz] [l'ɑɪvz]
n .
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Life \
Life \ (
l [
imac ]
f ),
n .;
pl . {
Lives } (
l [
imac ]
vz ). [
AS .
l [
imac ]
f ;
akin to D .
lijf body ,
G .
leib body ,
MHG .
l [
imac ]
p life ,
body ,
OHG .
l [
imac ]
b life ,
Icel .
l [
imac ]
f ,
life ,
body ,
Sw .
lif ,
Dan .
liv ,
and E .
live ,
v . [
root ]
119 .
See {
Live },
and cf . {
Alive }.]
1 .
The state of being which begins with generation ,
birth ,
or germination ,
and ends with death ;
also ,
the time during which this state continues ;
that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions ; --
used of all animal and vegetable organisms .
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2 .
Of human beings :
The union of the soul and body ;
also ,
the duration of their union ;
sometimes ,
the deathless quality or existence of the soul ;
as ,
man is a creature having an immortal life .
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She shows a body rather than a life . --
Shak .
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3 . (
Philos .)
The potential principle ,
or force ,
by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions ;
the vital force ,
whether regarded as physical or spiritual .
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4 .
Figuratively :
The potential or animating principle ,
also ,
the period of duration ,
of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions ;
as ,
the life of a state ,
a machine ,
or a book ;
authority is the life of government .
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5 .
A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions ,
circumstances ,
character ,
conduct ,
occupation ,
etc .;
hence ,
human affairs ;
also ,
lives ,
considered collectively ,
as a distinct class or type ;
as ,
low life ;
a good or evil life ;
the life of Indians ,
or of miners .
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That which before us lies in daily life . --
Milton .
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By experience of life abroad in the world . --
Ascham .
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Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime . --
Longfellow .
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'
T is from high life high characters are drawn .
--
Pope [
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6 .
Animation ;
spirit ;
vivacity ;
vigor ;
energy .
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No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words .
--
Felton .
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That gives thy gestures grace and life .
--
Wordsworth .
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7 .
That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor ;
that upon which enjoyment or success depends ;
as ,
he was the life of the company ,
or of the enterprise .
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8 .
The living or actual form ,
person ,
thing ,
or state ;
as ,
a picture or a description from ,
the life .
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9 .
A person ;
a living being ,
usually a human being ;
as ,
many lives were sacrificed .
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10 .
The system of animal nature ;
animals in general ,
or considered collectively .
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Full nature swarms with life . --
Thomson .
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11 .
An essential constituent of life ,
esp :
the blood .
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The words that I speak unto you . . .
they are life . --
John vi .
63 .
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The warm life came issuing through the wound .
--
Pope [
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12 .
A history of the acts and events of a life ;
a biography ;
as ,
Johnson wrote the life of Milton .
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13 .
Enjoyment in the right use of the powers ;
especially ,
a spiritual existence ;
happiness in the favor of God ;
heavenly felicity .
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14 .
Something dear to one as one '
s existence ;
a darling ; --
used as a term of endearment .
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Note :
Life forms the first part of many compounds ,
for the most part of obvious meaning ;
as ,
life -
giving ,
life -
sustaining ,
etc .
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{
Life annuity },
an annuity payable during one '
s life .
{
Life arrow }, {
Life rocket }, {
Life shot },
an arrow ,
rocket ,
or shot ,
for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life .
{
Life assurance }.
See {
Life insurance },
below .
{
Life buoy }.
See {
Buoy }.
{
Life car },
a water -
tight boat or box ,
traveling on a line from a wrecked vessel to the shore .
In it person are hauled through the waves and surf .
{
Life drop },
a drop of vital blood . --
Byron .
{
Life estate } (
Law ),
an estate which is held during the term of some certain person '
s life ,
but does not pass by inheritance .
{
Life everlasting } (
Bot .),
a plant with white or yellow persistent scales about the heads of the flowers ,
as {
Antennaria },
and {
Gnaphalium };
cudweed .
{
Life of an execution } (
Law ),
the period when an execution is in force ,
or before it expires .
{
Life guard }. (
Mil .)
See under {
Guard }.
{
Life insurance },
the act or system of insuring against death ;
a contract by which the insurer undertakes ,
in consideration of the payment of a premium (
usually at stated periods ),
to pay a stipulated sum in the event of the death of the insured or of a third person in whose life the insured has an interest .
{
Life interest },
an estate or interest which lasts during one '
s life ,
or the life of another person ,
but does not pass by inheritance .
{
Life land } (
Law ),
land held by lease for the term of a life or lives .
{
Life line }.
(
a ) (
Naut .)
A line along any part of a vessel for the security of sailors .
(
b )
A line attached to a life boat ,
or to any life saving apparatus ,
to be grasped by a person in the water .
{
Life rate },
rate of premium for insuring a life .
{
Life rent },
the rent of a life estate ;
rent or property to which one is entitled during one '
s life .
{
Life school },
a school for artists in which they model ,
paint ,
or draw from living models .
{
Lifetable },
a table showing the probability of life at different ages .
{
To lose one '
s life },
to die .
{
To seek the life of },
to seek to kill .
{
To the life },
so as closely to resemble the living person or the subject ;
as ,
the portrait was drawn to the life .
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Lives \
Lives \ (
l [
imac ]
vz ),
n .;
pl .
of {
Life }.
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Lives \
Lives \ (
l [
imac ]
vz ),
a . &
adv . [
Orig .
a genitive sing .
of life .]
Alive ;
living ;
with life . [
Obs .] "
Any lives creature ."
--
Chaucer .
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