lover

noun

1. （婚外的）情人，情侣
   a partner in a sexual relationship outside marriage
   1. He denied that he was her lover.
      他否认是她的情夫。
   2. We were lovers for several years.
      我们相爱了好几年。
   3. The park was full of young lovers holding hands.
      公园里有许多手拉着手的年轻情侣。
2. 爱好者；热爱者
   a person who likes or enjoys a particular thing
   1. a lover of music
      音乐爱好者
   2. an art-lover
      爱好艺术的人
   3. a nature-lover
      热爱大自然的人

1. N-COUNT （非婚的）爱人，情人
   Someone's lover is someone who they are having a sexual relationship with but are not married to.
   1. Every Thursday she would meet her lover Leon...
      每周四她都会和情人利昂幽会。
   2. He and Liz became lovers soon after they first met.
      他和莉兹初次见面后不久就成了情侣。
2. N-COUNT 热爱者；爱好者；发烧友
   If you are a lover of something such as animals or the arts, you enjoy them very much and take great pleasure in them.
   1. She is a great lover of horses and horse racing...
      她热爱马匹和赛马。
   2. Are you an opera lover?
      你是歌剧发烧友吗？

1. He was a man of catholic tastes, a lover of grand opera, history and the fine arts.
   他这个人兴趣广泛，大歌剧、历史、美术，无所不好。
2. Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
   她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。
3. Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner
   只要你心诚，往喷泉里扔下一根大头针，然后盯着泉水看，就能看见未来伴侣的影子。
4. As Smith became embroiled with his new lover, the marriage was called off.
   史密斯和新情人纠缠不清，导致他的婚姻告吹。
5. Chicago provides a feast for the ears of any music lover.
   《芝加哥》将给所有音乐爱好者献上一场听觉的盛宴。
6. She has had a flaming row with her lover.
   她刚和恋人发生了激烈的争吵。
7. Police want to interview her jilted lover.
   警方想找那个被她抛弃的情人来问话。
8. She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover
   她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。
9. Every Thursday she would meet her lover Leon
   每周四她都会和情人利昂幽会。
10. He and Liz became lovers soon after they first met.
    他和莉兹初次见面后不久就成了情侣。
11. She is a great lover of horses and horse racing
    她热爱马匹和赛马。
12. Are you an opera lover?
    你是歌剧发烧友吗？
13. I'm a lover of the outdoors
    我喜爱户外运动。
14. Self-confidence means being relaxed enough to allow your lover their personal space.
    自信就是放宽心，给爱人足够的私人空间。
15. He was involved in a punch-up with Sarah's former lover.
    他和萨拉的旧情人打起来了。
16. The killings were said to have been in revenge for the murder of her lover.
    据说，她杀人是为了替她被害的情人报仇。
17. The Sunday Mercury accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover
    《星期日信使报》指责她企图报复她以前的情人。
18. She reinvented her own life story, skipping over the war years when she had a German lover.
    她重新杜撰了自己的生平，略掉了在战争年代有过一个德国情人的经历。
19. He tried to throw police off the track of his lover.
    他努力让警方无法跟踪他的情人。
20. The plot turns on whether Ilsa will choose her lover or her husband.
    故事情节取决于伊尔莎会选择情人还是丈夫。
21. She described her lover as 'perfect in every way'.
    她形容她的爱人“各方面完美至极”。
22. Now the worm turns, and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself.
    现在他妻子伊丽莎白被逼急了，把他撵了出去，自己找了个情人。
23. She leaned on her lover's arm.
    她侧身倚在情人的手臂上。
24. The woman gave up her lover to save her marriage.
    这位女人为了挽救婚姻断绝了与情夫的来往。
25. Three groups discriminated by risk attitude are risk averter, risk balancer and risk lover.
    以风险态度区隔市场，得到风险趋避型、平衡型及爱好型三族群。
26. She was deserted by her lover, and in despair took her own life.
    她遭人遗弃，一时想不开就自杀了。
27. Abandoned by her lover, she pined away.
    她因被情人抛弃而憔悴不堪。
28. She eloped with her lover.
    她与情人私奔了。
29. He abandoned his wife and ran off with his lover.
    他抛弃了妻子和情人跑了。

noun

1. a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

3. an ardent follower and admirer

   Synonym:    fanbuffdevotee