| 词组 | love |
| 释义 | verb | noun love1 /lʌv/ verb to like someone or something very muchadverbslove sb very much He loves his wife very much.love sb deeply/dearly/passionately They both loved each other deeply.truly/really love sb He suddenly realized that he truly loved Pat and wanted her back in his life.THESAURUS: love adore to love and admire someone very much: When she was a child she adored her father. be in love (with sb) to feel that you love someone and want to have a romantic relationship with them: We were both young and very much in love. | Karen was in love with a man who was much older than her. be infatuated with sb to love someone a lot and keep thinking about them, in a way that seems silly because you do not know them very well: He became infatuated with a woman he met at a conference. have a crush on sb to love and be sexually attracted to someone you are not having a relationship with, usually someone older: Jane had a crush on the German teacher. be crazy about sb informal to love someone very much – used for emphasis: She’s crazy about you. be devoted to sb to love someone very much and give them a lot of attention: He was absolutely devoted to his wife and his children. dote on sb written to love someone very much, especially a much younger family member, and behave very kindly to them: He dotes on his grandchildren.You can also say that someone is in love with another person: Tracy was in love with a man who was much older than her. The couple are very much in love. She fell in love with a beautiful young prince (=started to have feelings of love for him).ANTONYMS → hate1 verb | noun love2 /lʌv/ noun 1. a strong feeling of liking someone very muchadjectivestrue love (=real love) He felt that he had finally found true love.real love You could see real love in their eyes.romantic love Romantic love was not always the reason for marriage.passionate love He wrote about his passionate love for her.young love (=between young people) It’s a story of young love in the 1950s.unrequited love formal (=love for someone who does not love you) Shakespeare’s play is a tale of unrequited love.undying love (=love that does not stop) She wrote of her undying love for her children.unconditional love (=that continues whatever bad things someone does) Their mother gave them unconditional love.brotherly love (=between brothers or like that of brothers) They was no sign of any brotherly love between them.verbs + loveshow/express your love He shows his love for her by buying her presents.declare your love (=say that you love someone) At the age of 5, he declared his undying love for his teacher.find love (=meet someone to love) I never thought I would find love.return sb’s love (=love someone who loves you) Estella does not return his love.earn sb’s love (=do something to deserve it) Children should not have to earn their parents’ love.love + verbslove grows/blossoms (=it becomes greater) Their love blossomed when they went on holiday together.love dies (=it ends) Our love will never die.love + nounsa love song/story The book is basically a love story.a love letter She kept all their old love letters.a love affair (=a romantic relationship between people who are not married to each other) He had a love affair with his wife’s best friend.sb’s love life (=someone’s romantic relationships) She’s always asking about my love life.prepositionslove for sb Their love for each other grew deeper every day.love between sb It was clear that there was no longer any love between them.out of/for love (=because you love someone) She gave up her career for love.phrasesbe in love (with sb) (=have feelings of love for someone) You can see that she is very much in love with him.fall in love (with sb) (=start to love someone) They fell in love and decided to get married.love at first sight (=when you love someone as soon as you meet them) When I first met my wife, it was love at first sight.madly/deeply in love (=you love someone very much) I married Dan because I was madly in love.head over heels in love informal (=you love someone very much) The two of them fell head over heels in love.love is blind (=used to say that people do not notice the faults of the person they love) I don’t know what she sees in him, but I guess love is blind.the love of your life (= the person you have loved the most in your life) She said that he was the love of her life.2. a strong feeling of enjoyment and interest in somethingverbshave a love of sth If you have a love of music, you will enjoy this course.develop a love of sth This is where he first developed a love of the sea.inspire a love of sth He inspired a love of nature in his students.share a love of sth They both share a love of Shakespeare.fall in love with sth (=start liking it very much) I fell in love with Amsterdam the first time I visited the city.adjectivesa lifelong love of sth Her lifelong love of Brazil began during a visit to Rio de Janeiro.a secret love of sth She confessed to a secret love of the Harry Potter books.a new-found love of sth He’s been telling me about his new-found love of poetry.prepositionsa love of sth He had a great love of music.a love for sth He’s a teacher with a love for sport.THESAURUS: love affection a gentle feeling of love which makes you want to be kind to someone and show them that you love them – used especially about friends and members of your family: Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her. | My mother never showed us any affection. devotion very strong love for someone in which you want to give them a lot of attention and look after them – used especially about strong feelings of love for your wife, husband, children etc: His recovery is largely due to the devotion of his wife and family. passion a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to: He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had. | There was no passion in their relationship. infatuation a strong feeling of love for someone, in which you cannot stop thinking about them, and which seems silly because you do not know them very well: She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off. | His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing. | It was just a childhood infatuation. romance the feeling of loving someone and the nice things you do to show this – used about someone you are sexually attracted to: The romance had gone out of their relationship. | In the UK, one in ten people have found romance over the internet. | Holiday romances often don't last very long. | The film is the story of a romance between two people who work in the same office. | They got married in June, after a whirlwind romance (=one that happened very quickly). crush a very strong feeling of love and sexual attraction for someone such as a teacher or a famous person, especially when there is no chance of you having a relationship with that person because you are much younger than them: She had a teenage crush on one of her teachers. | I had a big crush on Tom Cruise when I was growing up. | It was just a schoolgirl crush. |
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