love

noun

喜爱 affection

1. 爱；热爱；慈爱
   a strong feeling of deep affection for sb/sth, especially a member of your family or a friend
   1. a mother's love for her children
      母亲对孩子的爱
   2. love of your country
      对祖国的热爱
   3. He seems incapable of love.
      他好像不会疼爱人。

浪漫 romantic

2. 爱情；恋爱
   a strong feeling of affection for sb that you are sexually attracted to
   1. a love song/story
      爱情歌曲 / 故事
   2. We're in love !
      我们相爱了！
   3. She was in love with him .
      她与他相爱了。
   4. They fell in love with each other.
      他们彼此相爱了。
   5. It was love at first sight (= they were attracted to each other the first time they met) .
      那是一见钟情。
   6. They're madly in love .
      他们疯狂地相爱。
   7. Their love grew with the years.
      他们的爱逐年加深。

乐趣 enjoyment

3. 喜好；喜爱
   the strong feeling of enjoyment that sth gives you
   1. a love of learning
      对知识的爱好
   2. He's in love with his work.
      他热爱自己的工作。
   3. I fell in love with the house.
      我喜欢上了这房子。

所爱的人 / 物 sb/sth you like

4. 心爱的人；钟爱之物；爱好
   a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much
   1. Take care, my love.
      保重，我的爱人。
   2. He was the love of my life (= the person I loved most) .
      他是我一生中最爱的人。
   3. I like most sports but tennis is my first love .
      大多数运动我都喜欢，而网球是我的第一爱好。

友好的称呼 friendly name

5. （昵称）亲爱的
   a word used as a friendly way of addressing sb
   1. Can I help you, love?
      亲爱的，我能帮你忙吗？

网球 in tennis

6. 零分
   a score of zero (points or games)
   1. 40–love!
      40比0！
   2. She won the first set six–love/six games to love .
      她以六比零赢了第一盘。

verb

感到爱 feel affection

1. 爱；热爱
   to have very strong feelings of affection for sb
   1. I love you.
      我爱你。
   2. If you love each other, why not get married?
      要是你们彼此相爱，干吗不结婚呢？
   3. Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS.
      她至爱的兄弟因艾滋病而濒临死亡。
   4. He had become a well-loved member of staff.
      他已成为受人喜爱的职员。
   5. Relatives need time to grieve over loved ones they have lost.
      亲属需要时间痛悼他们失去的至爱。
   6. to love your country
      热爱你的祖国

喜欢；爱好 like/enjoy

2. 喜欢；喜爱
   to like or enjoy sth very much
   1. I really love summer evenings.
      我非常喜欢夏天的夜晚。
   2. I just love it when you bring me presents!
      我就喜欢你送我礼物！
   3. He loved the way she smiled.
      他喜欢她微笑的样子。
   4. I love it in Spain (= I like the life there) .
      我喜欢西班牙的生活。
   5. It was one of his best-loved songs.
      这是他最受喜爱的歌曲之一。
   6. You're going to love this. They've changed their minds again.
      你会喜欢的，他们又改变主意了。
   7. My dad loves going to football games.
      我父亲爱去看足球赛。
   8. I love to go out dancing.
      我喜欢出去跳舞。
   9. He loved her to sing to him.
      他喜欢让她唱歌给他听。
3. 很喜欢；很愿意
   used to say that you would very much like sth
   1. Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing.
      来一首吧，罗里，孩子们都很喜欢听你唱歌。
   2. I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go.
      我没去过巴西，但很想去。
   3. I'd love her to come and live with us.
      我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。
   4. ‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’
      “抽支烟好吗？”“我倒很乐意抽一支，可我刚把烟戒了。”

1. VERB 爱；爱慕
   If you love someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
   1. Oh, Amy, I love you...
      哦，埃米，我爱你。
   2. 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。
2. N-UNCOUNT 爱情；爱意
   Love is a very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically or sexually attracted to.
   1. 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。
   2. ...a old fashioned love story.
      老式爱情故事
   3. ...an album of love songs.
      情歌专辑
3. VERB 疼爱；关爱
   You say that you love someone when their happiness is very important to you, so that you behave in a kind and caring way towards them.
   1. 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。
4. N-UNCOUNT 疼爱；关爱
   Love is the feeling that a person's happiness is very important to you, and the way you show this feeling in your behaviour towards them.
   1. My love for all my children is unconditional...
      我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
   2. She's got a great capacity for love.
      她很懂得如何去爱。
5. VERB 喜欢；喜爱
   If you love something, you like it very much.
   1. We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes...
      我们很喜欢这些食物，尤其是鱼。
   2. I loved reading.
      我很爱读书。
   3. ...one of these people that loves to be in the outdoors...
      喜欢户外活动的这样一个人
   4. I love it when I hear you laugh.
      我喜欢听你笑。
6. VERB 热爱；珍爱
   You can say that you love something when you consider that it is important and want to protect or support it.
   1. 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。
7. N-UNCOUNT 热爱
   Love is a strong liking for something, or a belief that it is important.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
8. N-COUNT 爱人；情人；所爱之物
   Your love is someone or something that you love.
   1. 'She is the love of my life,' he said...
      “她是我一生所爱，”他说道。
   2. Music's one of my great loves.
      音乐是我的至爱之一。
9. VERB 乐于；很愿意
   If you would love to have or do something, you very much want to have it or do it.
   1. I would love to play for England again...
      我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力。
   2. 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。
   3. His wife would love him to give up his job.
      他妻子很乐意他辞去工作。
10. N-VOC （用于昵称）亲爱的
    Some people use love as an affectionate way of addressing someone.
    1. Well, I'll take your word for it then, love...
       唔，那我就信你吧，亲爱的。
    2. Don't cry, my love.
       别哭，亲爱的。
11. NUM （网球比赛中的）零分
    In tennis, love is a score of zero.
    1. 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。
12. CONVENTION （给朋友或亲人写信时结尾具名前的非正式用语）爱你（们）的
    You can use expressions such as 'love', 'love from', and 'all my love', followed by your name, as an informal way of ending a letter to a friend or relation.
    1. ...with love from Grandma and Grandpa.
       爱你的爷爷、奶奶
13. N-UNCOUNT 问候；致意
    If you send someone your love, you ask another person, who will soon be speaking or writing to them, to tell them that you are thinking about them with affection.
    1. Please give her my love.
       请代我问候她。
14. See also: -loved loving free love peace-loving tug-of-love
15. PHRASE 堕入爱河；（与…）相爱
    If you fall in love with someone, you start to be in love with them.
    1. I fell in love with him because of his kind nature...
       我爱上他，是因为他秉性善良。
    2. We fell madly in love.
       我们疯狂地相爱了。
16. PHRASE 喜欢上；喜爱上
    If you fall in love with something, you start to like it very much.
    1. 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。
17. PHRASE 对…倾心；爱慕；热恋
    If you are in love with someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
    1. Laura had never before been in love...
       劳拉之前从来没有恋爱过。
    2. I've never really been in love with anyone...
       我从来没有真正爱上过谁。
    3. We were madly in love for about two years.
       我们疯狂地热恋了大概两年。
18. PHRASE 喜欢；喜爱；热爱
    If you are in love with something, you like it very much.
    1. 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。
19. PHRASE （…之间）彼此厌恶，水火不容
    If you say that there is no love lost between two people or groups or there is little love lost between them, you mean that they do not like each other at all.
    1. 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。
20. PHR-RECIP 做爱；性交
    When two people make love, they have sex.
    1. Have you ever made love to a girl before?...
       你和女孩有过云雨之欢吗？
    2. 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。
21. PHRASE 无论如何（也不…）
    If you cannot or will not do something for love or money, you are completely unable to do it or you do not intend to do it.
    1. Replacement parts couldn't be found for love or money...
       替换零件怎么都找不到。
    2. I'm not coming back up here. Never, for love nor money.
       我不打算再回这里了，绝对不回了。
22. PHRASE 一见钟情
    Love at first sight is the experience of starting to be in love with someone as soon as you see them for the first time.
    1. It was love at first sight, and he proposed to me six weeks later.
       我们一见钟情，他6周后就向我求婚了。
23. labour of love → see: labour

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. My love for all my children is unconditional
   我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
5. She's got a great capacity for love.
   她很懂得如何去爱。
6. We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes
   我们很喜欢这些食物，尤其是鱼。
7. I loved reading.
   我很爱读书。
8. I love it when I hear you laugh.
   我喜欢听你笑。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 'She is the love of my life,' he said
    “她是我一生所爱，”他说道。
13. Music's one of my great loves.
    音乐是我的至爱之一。
14. I would love to play for England again
    我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力。
15. 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。
16. His wife would love him to give up his job.
    他妻子很乐意他辞去工作。
17. Well, I'll take your word for it then, love
    唔，那我就信你吧，亲爱的。
18. Don't cry, my love.
    别哭，亲爱的。
19. 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。
20. Please give her my love.
    请代我问候她。
21. I fell in love with him because of his kind nature
    我爱上他，是因为他秉性善良。
22. We fell madly in love.
    我们疯狂地相爱了。
23. 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。
24. Laura had never before been in love
    劳拉之前从来没有恋爱过。
25. I've never really been in love with anyone
    我从来没有真正爱上过谁。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. Have you ever made love to a girl before?
    你和女孩有过云雨之欢吗？
29. Replacement parts couldn't be found for love or money
    替换零件怎么都找不到。
30. It was love at first sight, and he proposed to me six weeks later.
    我们一见钟情，他6周后就向我求婚了。

  love adore worship【导航词义：热爱，爱慕】

  love v. 热爱，爱慕

〔辨析〕指热爱国家、组织等，词义庄重，感情色彩浓厚；也指爱慕某人或深爱亲友等。

  adore v. 深爱，敬慕，爱慕

〔辨析〕指非常热爱或敬佩某人，并以其为骄傲。

  worship v. 热爱，景仰，爱慕

〔辨析〕尤指非常爱慕某人乃至看不到其缺点。

  like enjoy love【导航词义：喜欢】

  like v. 喜欢

〔辨析〕普通用词，指对某人、某事物或做某事产生好感或兴趣，语义较弱；也指赞同某事。

  enjoy v. 喜欢

〔辨析〕指享受某事物带来的乐趣，其后常接动名词而不接动词不定式。

  love v. 喜欢，喜爱

〔辨析〕指喜爱（做）某事，语义较强，常可与 like 换用。

n.

(just) for love

(just) for the love of sth

• 出于爱好；不收报酬；无偿
  without receiving payment or any other reward
  1. They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.
     他们都是义务工作的志愿者。

for the love of God

• （表示愤怒和不耐烦）看在上帝的分上，哎呀，求求你
  used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient
  1. For the love of God, tell me what he said!
     看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！

give/send my love to sb

• 向某人致意（或问候）
  used to send good wishes to sb
  1. Give my love to Mary when you see her.
     见到玛丽代我向她问好。
  2. Bob sends his love.
     鲍勃向你致意。

love from

lots of love (from)

• （用于给朋友或所爱的人的信结尾具名前）爱你的
  used at the end of a letter to a friend or to sb you love, followed by your name
  1. Lots of love, Jenny
     非常爱你的珍妮

love is blind

• 爱情是盲目的，爱让人蒙蔽双眼（指恋爱中的人看不到对方缺点）
  when you love sb, you cannot see their faults

make love (to sb)

• 有性行为；性交；做爱
  to have sex
  1. It was the first time they had made love.
     那是他们第一次发生性关系。

not for love or/nor money

• 决不；无论怎样也不
  if you say you cannot do sth for love nor money , you mean it is completely impossible to do it

there's little/no love lost between A and B

• （…之间）彼此厌恶，互无好感
  they do not like each other
  1. There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.
     她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。

cupboard love

• （尤指小孩为获得某物的）有所企图的亲热
  affection that sb, especially a child, shows towards sb else in order to get sth

all's fair in love and war

• 在情场和战场上可以不择手段
  in some situations any type of behaviour is acceptable to get what you want

head over heels in love

• 深深爱着某人；迷恋
  loving sb very much
  1. He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.
     他深深迷恋上了他的上司。

a labour of love

• 为爱好而做的困难工作
  a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary

v.

love you and leave you

• （表示想留而必须离开）不得不走
  used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer
  1. Well, time to love you and leave you.
     唉，我该走了，不想走也得走哇。

noun

1. sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
   1. his lovemaking disgusted her
   2. he hadn't had any love in months
   3. he has a very complicated love life

   Synonym:    sexual lovelovemakingmaking lovelove life

2. any object of warm affection or devotion
   1. the theater was her first love
   2. he has a passion for cock fighting

   Synonym:    passion

3. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
   1. their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
   2. she was his first love

   Synonym:    sexual loveerotic love

4. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
   1. his love for his work
   2. children need a lot of love

5. a beloved person

   Synonym:    beloveddeardearesthoney

6. a score of zero in tennis or squash
   1. it was 40 love

verb

1. have sexual intercourse with
   1. This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
   2. Adam knew Eve
   3. Were you ever intimate with this man?

   Synonym:    sleep togetherroll in the haymake outmake lovesleep withget laidhave sexknowdo itbe intimatehave intercoursehave it awayhave it offscrewfuckjazzeffhumplie withbedhave a go at itbangget it onbonk

2. have a great affection or liking for
   1. I love French food
   2. She loves her boss and works hard for him

3. be enamored or in love with
   1. She loves her husband deeply

4. get pleasure from
   1. I love cooking

   Synonym:    enjoy