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love {speaker} noun, verb
?noun
affection
1 [U] a strong feeling of deep affection for sb/sth, especially a member of your family or a friend:
a mother's love for her children * love of your country * He seems incapable of love.
romantic
2 [U] a strong feeling of affection for sb that you are sexually attracted to:
a love song / story * We're in love! * She was in love with him. * They fell in love with each other. * It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met). * They're madly in love. * Their love grew with the years.
enjoyment
3 [U,sing.] the strong feeling of enjoyment that sth gives you:
a love of learning / nature / music * He's in love with his work. * I fell in love with the house.
sb / sth you like
4 [C] a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much:
Take care, my love. * He was the love of my life (= the person I loved most). * I like most sports but tennis is my first love.
friendly name
5 [C] (BrE, spoken, informal) a word used as a friendly way of addressing sb:
Can I help you, love?
compare DUCK
in tennis
6 [U] a score of zero (points or games):
40-love! * She won the first set six-love / six games to love.
IDIOMS
(just) for love | (just) for the love of sth without receiving payment or any other reward:
They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.
for the love of God (old-fashioned, spoken) used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient:
For the love of God, tell me what he said!
give / send my love to sb (informal) used to send friendly greetings to sb:
Give my love to Mary when you see her. * Bob sends his love.
love from | lots of love (from) (written, informal) used at the end of a letter to a friend or to sb you love, followed by your name:
Lots of love, Jenny
make love (to sb) to have sex:
It was the first time they had made love.
not for love or / nor money if you say you cannot do sth for love nor money, you mean it is completely impossible to do it:
We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money.
there's little / no love lost between A and B they do not like each other:
There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.
more at CUPBOARD, FAIRadj., HEADn., LABOURn.
?verb
feel affection
1 [VN] (not used in the progressive tenses) to have very strong feelings of affection for sb:
I love you. * If you love each other, why not get married? * Her much-loved brother lay dying of Aids. * He had become a well-loved and respected member of staff. * Relatives need time to grieve over loved ones they have lost. * to love your country
like / enjoy
2 to like or enjoy sth very much:
[VN] I really love summer evenings. * I just love it when you bring me presents! * He loved the way she smiled. * I love it in Spain (= I like the life there). * It was one of his best-loved songs. * (ironic) You're going to love this. They've changed their minds again. * [V-ing] (especially in BrE) My dad loves going to football games. * [Vtoinf] (especially AmE) I love to go out dancing. * [VNtoinf] He loved her to sing to him.
3 (would love) used to say that you would very much like sth:
[Vtoinf] Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing. * I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to. * [VNtoinf] I'd love her to come and live with us. * [VN] 'Cigarette?' 'I'd love one, but I've just given up.'
IDIOMS
love you and leave you (spoken, humorous) used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer:
Well, time to love you and leave you.
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朗文
love / l?v /
1
ROMANTIC ATTRACTION?[transitive not in progressive] to have a strong feeling of affection for someone, combined with sexual attraction
I love you, Tracy. He was the only man she had ever loved.
2
CARE ABOUT?[transitive not in progressive]to care very much about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend
I love my grandad so much.I've always loved children. much-loved/well-loved In 1941, her much-loved sister was killed in an accident.Many people feel guilty after the death of a loved one .
3
LIKE/ENJOY?[transitive]to like something very much or enjoy doing something very much
I love carrots.Jeff loves his work.I love the way she sings that song.Amy had always loved New York.
love doing something
I love going out to restaurants.
love to do something
We all love to talk about ourselves.
I'd love to (do something) spoken (=used to say that you would really like to do something) 'Would you like to come swimming with us?' 'I'd love to.'I'd have loved to have stayed till the end.I'd love to know just why they did that.
4
LOYALTY?[transitive not in progressive] to have a strong feeling of loyalty to your country, an institution etc
Dad's always loved the navy.
5
I love it!
spoken used when you are amused by something, especially by someone else's mistake or bad luck
'And then her boyfriend walked in and saw her kissing Ray.' 'I love it!'
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somebody's going to love something
spoken
a) used to say that someone will enjoy something
Listen guys, you're going to love this.
b) used to say that someone will not be pleased about something
I'm going to love telling him we've changed our minds again.
see also loverlove
1
FOR FAMILY/FRIENDS?[uncountable]a strong feeling of caring about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend
opposite hate, hatredWhat these kids need is love and support.love for
a mother's love for her child
2
ROMANTIC?[uncountable]a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attraction
love for
Their love for each other grew deeper every day.
be/fall in love (with somebody) I think I'm falling in love with Tom. very much in love/madly in love/head over heels in love Tara is madly in love with you.When Lynne met Derek, it was love at first sight (=they loved each other the first time they saw each other) .a beautiful love song (=a song about romantic love) It's a love story (=a book, film etc about romantic love) . true love (=strong romantic love that remains for ever)
3
PERSON YOU LOVE?[countable]someone that you feel a strong romantic and sexual attraction to
He was her first love . the love of your life (=the person that you feel or felt the most love for)
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PLEASURE/ENJOYMENT?a) [singular, uncountable] a strong feeling of pleasure and enjoyment that something gives you
love of/for
my love of nature He had a great love of music.
I fell in love with Amsterdam the very first time I visited the city.
b) [countable] something that gives you a lot of pleasure and enjoyment
Sailing was her great love.
5
make love (to/with somebody)
a) to have sex with someone that you love
b) old use to say loving things to someone, to kiss them etc
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send/give your love (to somebody)
or send/give somebody your love
to ask someone to give your loving greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc
Aunt Mary sends her love.
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love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love
written used at the end of a letter to a friend, a member of your family, or someone you love
See you soon. Lots of love, Clare.
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(my) love
British English spoken informal
a) a word used when you are talking to someone you love
synonym darling'Hello, love,' said her father.b) a friendly way of talking to someone who you do not know, especially to a woman or child. Many women consider this to be impolite or offensive
What's your name, love?
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be a love and ... / ... there's a love
British English spoken used when you are asking someone, especially children and members of your family, to do something
Give these to your sisters, there's a love.
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there is no love lost between somebody and somebody
if there is no love lost between two people, they dislike each other
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TENNIS?[uncountable] an expression meaning 'no points', used in the game of tennis
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not for love or/nor money
informal if you cannot get something or do something for love or money, it is impossible to obtain or to do
I can't get hold of that book for love nor money.
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love triangle
a situation in which someone is having a sexual relationship with the partner of a close friend - used especially in newspapers
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for the love of God
old-fashioned spoken used to show that you are extremely angry, disappointed etc
see also a labour of love atlabour1 (4)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Longman好! 原版更好!