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

• Every Thursday she would meet her lover Leon
  每周四她都会和情人利昂幽会。
• He was involved in a punch-up with Sarah's former lover.
  他和萨拉的旧情人打起来了。
• Abandoned by her lover, she pined away.
  她因被情人抛弃而憔悴不堪。
• She lied to her husband so she could meet her lover
  她对丈夫撒了谎，好与情人幽会。
• 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。
• 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。
• She described her lover as 'perfect in every way'.
  她形容她的爱人“各方面完美至极”。
• He abandoned his wife and ran off with his lover.
  他抛弃了妻子和情人跑了。
• As Smith became embroiled with his new lover, the marriage was called off.
  史密斯和新情人纠缠不清，导致他的婚姻告吹。
• 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。