lover

英 [ˈlʌvə(r)]

美 [ˈlʌvər]

n.  (婚外的)情人，情侣; 爱好者; 热爱者

复数：lovers　

CET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2765 / COCA.2781

牛津词典

noun

• （婚外的）情人，情侣
  a partner in a sexual relationship outside marriage
  1. He denied that he was her lover.
     他否认是她的情夫。
  2. We were lovers for several years.
     我们相爱了好几年。
  3. The park was full of young lovers holding hands.
     公园里有许多手拉着手的年轻情侣。
• 爱好者；热爱者
  a person who likes or enjoys a particular thing
  1. a lover of music
     音乐爱好者
  2. an art-lover
     爱好艺术的人
  3. a nature-lover
     热爱大自然的人

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （非婚的）爱人，情人
  Someone'sloveris someone who they are having a sexual relationship with but are not married to.
  1. Every Thursday she would meet her lover Leon...
     每周四她都会和情人利昂幽会。
  2. He and Liz became lovers soon after they first met.
     他和莉兹初次见面后不久就成了情侣。
• N-COUNT 热爱者；爱好者；发烧友
  If you are aloverof something such as animals or the arts, you enjoy them very much and take great pleasure in them.
  1. She is a great lover of horses and horse racing...
     她热爱马匹和赛马。
  2. Are you an opera lover?
     你是歌剧发烧友吗？

英英释义

noun

• a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
• a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
• an ardent follower and admirer
  Synonym:fanbuffdevotee

双语例句

• The Sunday Mercury accused her of trying to revenge herself on her former lover
  《星期日信使报》指责她企图报复她以前的情人。
• Chicago provides a feast for the ears of any music lover.
  《芝加哥》将给所有音乐爱好者献上一场听觉的盛宴。
• The woman gave up her lover to save her marriage.
  这位女人为了挽救婚姻断绝了与情夫的来往。
• He tried to throw police off the track of his lover.
  他努力让警方无法跟踪他的情人。
• He abandoned his wife and ran off with his lover.
  他抛弃了妻子和情人跑了。
• Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner
  只要你心诚，往喷泉里扔下一根大头针，然后盯着泉水看，就能看见未来伴侣的影子。
• She reinvented her own life story, skipping over the war years when she had a German lover.
  她重新杜撰了自己的生平，略掉了在战争年代有过一个德国情人的经历。
• She described her lover as 'perfect in every way'.
  她形容她的爱人“各方面完美至极”。
• Abandoned by her lover, she pined away.
  她因被情人抛弃而憔悴不堪。
• Now the worm turns, and his wife Elizabeth chucks him out and takes a lover herself.
  现在他妻子伊丽莎白被逼急了，把他撵了出去，自己找了个情人。