living

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being alive. uncountable
  2. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood countable,uncountable
    — it's a living
  3. A style of life. countable,uncountable
    — plain living
  4. Those who are alive: living people. countable,uncountable,with-definite-article
    — in the land of the living
  5. A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice. countable,uncountable
    — A Rectory or Parſonage, is a Spirituall liuing, compoſed of Land, Tythe, and other Oblations of the people, ſeparate or dedicate to God in any Congregation, for the ſeruice of his Church there, and for the maintenance of the Gouernour or Miniſter thereof, to vvhoſe charge the ſame is committed.
动词 v.
  1. present participle of live form-of,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Having life; alive. not-comparable
    — a living, breathing child
  2. In use or existing. not-comparable
    — Hunanese is a living language.
  3. True to life. not-comparable
    — This is the living image of Fidel Castro.
  4. Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place. not-comparable
    — This we followed for about five paces, when it suddenly widened out into a small chamber, about eight feet square, and hewn out of the living rock.
  5. Continually updated; not static not-comparable
    — HTML is a living standard.
  6. Used as an intensifier. not-comparable
    — He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

词形变化

livings plural

词汇关系

近义词
vital blasted doggone stinking extant lifey lifelike limned lively naturalistic
反义词
dead nonliving
下位词
long-living longest-living
衍生词
activities of daily living by the living jingo clean-living everliving free-living high-living high living in living color in living memory knock the living daylights out of landliving living bandage living constitution living dead living death living diaper living donation living donor living end living fence living floor living fossil living hell living hinge living impaired living internet theory living language living legend livingly living memory living mulch living museum livingness living newspaper living picture living proof living rock living room livingry living sculpture living shield living space living statue living stone living street living thing living tissue living tree doctrine living trust living wall living will non-living not a living soul scare the living daylights out of sliving unliving within living memory living wage assisted living coliving cost of living earn a living it takes a heap of living to make a house a home it takes a lot of living to make a house a home land of the living living chamber living conditions living history livingless living quarters living standard make a living misliving scratch a living simple living sober living house standard of living the world owes one a living what do you do for a living
相关词
live life alive

词源

词源 1
From Middle English livynge, libbyng, livinde, livand, livende, libbinde, libbende, from Old English lifiġende, lifiende, libbende, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjandī, from Proto-Germanic *libjandz (“living”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian libbend (“living”), Dutch levend (“living”), German lebend (“living”), Swedish levande (“living”), Icelandic lifandi (“living”).
词源 2
From Middle English livynge, libbynge, equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch levinge, (whence Dutch leving (“way of life, living”)), Middle Low German lēvinge (“living”).
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