liven

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. ambitransitive
    — Let's liven up this party!
  2. plural simple present of live form-of,obsolete,plural,present
    — We liven in fear, but we wot not whither to flee for to be better than we arn here.

词形变化

livens present,singular,third-person livening participle,present livened participle,past livened past

词源

词源 1
Partly from life + -en; partly from live (adjective) + -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”).
词源 2
From Middle English liven, equivalent to live + -en.
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