英语词汇“live”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	live
例句	verb \| adjective livelive1 /lɪv/ verb 1 to be alive► live to be alive or stay alive: Dinosaurs lived 200 million years ago. My grandmother lived to be 85 years old. Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived. ► survive AWL to continue to live after an accident, illness, or war: When the ship sank, about 700 people got on lifeboats and survived. ► thrive (formal) to live in a very strong and healthy way: Cactuses thrive in dry environments. ➔ In everyday English, people usually say do well rather than thrive: The whole family seems to be doing very well. ANTONYMS ➔ see die2 to live in a place► live to have your home in a particular place: Michelle lives in France. Do you live in an apartment or a house? I lived with my parents until I went away to college. ► reside AWL (formal) reside means the same as live but sounds formal: A large number of Asian Americans reside in California. ► stay to live in a place for a short time: We stayed with my grandparents for two weeks. Will you stay in a hotel when you're in New York? ► occupy AWL (formal) to live in or use a building. Occupy sounds fairly formal and is used especially in legal or official language: The company now owns the building and plans to occupy it next month. ► inhabit if a plant or animal inhabits a place, it lives there. Inhabit is used especially in scientific writing: Alligators inhabit the southeastern United States. ► dwell to live in a particular place. Dwell is used especially in literary writing and poetry: The story says that fairies dwell in the garden of the castle. ➔ see exist verb \| adjective livelive2 /laɪv/ adjective ➔ see alive
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