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

• 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。
• Three groups discriminated by risk attitude are risk averter, risk balancer and risk lover.
  以风险态度区隔市场，得到风险趋避型、平衡型及爱好型三族群。
• She is a great lover of horses and horse racing
  她热爱马匹和赛马。
• She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover
  她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。
• 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。
• 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。
• The killings were said to have been in revenge for the murder of her lover.
  据说，她杀人是为了替她被害的情人报仇。
• 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 was involved in a punch-up with Sarah's former lover.
  他和萨拉的旧情人打起来了。
• She described her lover as 'perfect in every way'.
  她形容她的爱人“各方面完美至极”。