[復數] lives ／laivz／
n.
1. 生命；性命
2. 生活；生存
3. 壹生；壽命
4. 生靈；活人；活物
5. 生命期；生活階段
6. (物的)存在期，有效期，活動期，使用期；耐久性
7. [總稱]生物：
plant life
植物
8. 人生；人事；世間；世事；世面
9. 人的活動；社會活動；社交活動
10. 生平；傳記
11. 生涯；生存過程
12. 生活方式；生存方式
13. 生機
14. 生命力；生氣；朝氣；活力；活躍
15. 朝氣、活力的源泉；活躍氣氛的人(或物)
16. 彈性；恢復力；順應性；伸縮性
17. 生命般寶貴的人(或物)
18. 無期徒刑
19. [口語]新機會；新生命； [常用於短語 get a life] 獲得新生
20. 靈魂；支柱；精髓
21. (酒等的)冒泡，起泡
22. (新鮮食物的)辣味，濃烈味道
23. 美術
實物；原物(大小)；自然狀態；活體模型
寫生
逼真；栩栩如生
24. 被保險者；壽險對象
25. (宗教的)靈生；死後的幸福
26. 棒球、板球再次擊球的機會
27. 物理學(亞原子粒子的)生命期，壽命
adj.
1. 終身的，畢生的，壹生的
2. 生命的；生物的
3. 用活體模型的，用活模特兒的；照實物做的
4. 人壽保險的
life [laif]
n.
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 being alive; 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