livelihood

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/    美 /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). countable,uncountable
    — an independent livelihood;  to make / earn / gain / win a good livelihood by the sweat of one's brow
  2. Property which brings in an income; an estate. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Then ſayde Peter: Ananias how is it that ſatan hath filled thyne hert thatt thou ſhuldeſt lye vnto the holy gooſt and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off the lyvelod[…]?
  3. Liveliness; appearance of life. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — […] the tiranny of her ſorrowes takes all liuelihood from her cheeke.
  4. The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — wel said Merlyn I knowe a lord of yours in this land that is a passyng true man & a feithful & he shal haue the nourysshyng of your child & his name is sir Ector & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & walys

词形变化

livelihoods plural livelod alternative lyuelode alternative lyvelod alternative

词源

From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād (“course of life, conduct”), from līf (“life”) + lād (“course, journey”), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode.
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