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love 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ləv/,
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loves, plural;
  1. Feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone)
    • - do you love me?
  2. Like very much; find pleasure in
    • - I'd love a cup of tea, thanks
    • - I just love dancing
    • - a fun-loving girl
Noun
  1. An intense feeling of deep affection
    • - babies fill parents with intense feelings of love
    • - their love for their country
  2. A deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone
    • - it was love at first sight
    • - they were both in love with her
    • - we were slowly falling in love
  3. A personified figure of love, often represented as Cupid

  4. A great interest and pleasure in something
    • - his love for football
    • - we share a love of music
  5. Affectionate greetings conveyed to someone on one's behalf

  6. A formula for ending an affectionate letter
    • - take care, lots of love, Judy
  7. A person or thing that one loves
    • - she was the love of his life
    • - their two great loves are tobacco and whiskey
  8. A friendly form of address
    • - it's all right, love
  9. Used to express affectionate approval for someone
    • - don't fret, there's a love
  10. (in tennis, squash, and some other sports) A score of zero; nil
    • - love fifteen
    • - he was down two sets to love
  1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
  2. have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
  3. any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
  4. get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
  5. be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
  6. beloved: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
  7. Love is the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment.Oxford Illustrated American Dictionary (1998) + Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (2000) In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. ...
  8. "Love?" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Donna and Joe.
  9. Love is a 1919 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Prints of the film still survive.
  10. Love is a 1920 silent era romance drama motion picture starring Louise Glaum, James Kirkwood, and Joseph Kilgour.
  11. Love (1927) is a film directed by Edmund Goulding and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM made the film in order to capitalize on its winning romantic team of Greta Garbo and John Gilbert who had starred in the 1926 blockbuster, Flesh and the Devil.
  12. Love (Szerelem) is a 1971 Hungarian drama film directed by Károly Makk. Based on a novel by Tibor Déry, it stars Lili Darvas and Mari Törõcsik. It won three prizes, including the Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
  13. A deep or abiding liking for something; A profound and caring attraction towards someone; The object of one’s romantic feelings; a darling or sweetheart; A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings; To have a strong affection for; To need, thrive on; To be strongly inclined towards ...
  14. An English surname
  15. (loved) Pertaining to something that is loved
  16. An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty; A lovely object; Inspiring actual love; Evoking love-like, happy emotions by aesthetic or similar endearing qualities; Very nice, wonderful in a general sense; Loving, filled with love
  17. (loving) The action of the verb to love; Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate
  18. (Lovely) Guardian's Office codename for Paulette Cooper. See also PC
  19. (Loves) Huggles, Cake, Dancing, Scritches at the ears, hunting teenagers, π
  20. Is a feeling of intense affection, given freely and without restriction. The best way you can show your love is to wag your tail. If you're lucky, a human will love you in return.
  21. Differentia: Based on a positive value-judgment, it is positive and often intense
  22. Love is best explained by actions, as when one of our participants was trying a nasty chemical treatment on her scalp and her whole head blew up like a balloon. Her kindergarten daughter said, "you look so pretty mommy, you should go on a date".
  23. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person or idea
  24. (in  Augustus Edward Hough Love (British geophysicist))
  25. (from NDE) (Old English lëof: dear, or Latin lubere) Jaspers writes that one of the elements of philosophical faith is “love as the fundamental actualization of the eternal man. ...