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 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。
• She leaned on her lover's arm.
  她侧身倚在情人的手臂上。
• Self-confidence means being relaxed enough to allow your lover their personal space.
  自信就是放宽心，给爱人足够的私人空间。
• Police want to interview her jilted lover.
  警方想找那个被她抛弃的情人来问话。
• 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 plot turns on whether Ilsa will choose her lover or her husband.
  故事情节取决于伊尔莎会选择情人还是丈夫。
• He was a man of catholic tastes, a lover of grand opera, history and the fine arts.
  他这个人兴趣广泛，大歌剧、历史、美术，无所不好。
• She is a great lover of horses and horse racing
  她热爱马匹和赛马。
• Every Thursday she would meet her lover Leon
  每周四她都会和情人利昂幽会。
• 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。