喜樂美語

At the bottom of every use of live sits one picture: something has life in it. A creature breathes, a fire glows, a current hums, a memory still stirs people. From that one spark grow two big branches that English even pronounces differently. The verb /lɪv/ leans on a living thing GOING ON — it breathes, so it stays somewhere, passes its days, makes a living, endures. The adjective/adverb /laɪv/ freezes the same spark into a state you can point at: this is the real, alive, happening-now, still-loaded one, not the dead copy, recording, or spent version.

可以想成：所有 live 的用法底下都壓著同一個畫面——某個東西「裡面有生命、有活氣」。一隻生物在呼吸、一團火還在發紅、一條電線還在嗡嗡帶電、一段記憶還在牽動人心。從這一點火苗，長出英文連發音都分開的兩大支：動詞 /lɪv/ 抓住「有生命的東西繼續運轉」——牠在呼吸，所以牠住下來、過日子、靠某事維生、長久不滅；形容詞與副詞 /laɪv/ 則把同一點火苗凍成一個你可以指著說的狀態：這個是真的、活的、正在發生的、能量還沒釋放的那一個，不是死的、不是錄好的、不是已經用掉的那一個。

From the word’s history

The verb live is from Old English libban 'to be alive, continue in life'; the adjective live (1540s) is a shortening of alive, itself from Old English on life 'in life'. So both branches grow from the same 'having life' root — the adjective is just the verb's life-spark frozen into a state.

動詞 live 來自古英語 libban「活著、延續生命」；形容詞 live（約 1540 年代）則是 alive 的縮寫，而 alive 來自古英語 on life「在生命之中」。所以兩支其實同一個「有生命」的根——形容詞只是把動詞那點生命火苗凍成一個狀態。

etymonline.com (live / alive); Merriam-Webster

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同家族的字

過去式 lived過去分詞 lived-ing living三單 lives

意思相近

surviveresidespendenjoy lifeendurereal-timeelectrifiedexistdwellleadhave funpersist+38

意思相反

diepre-recordeddeadperishfaderecordeddisconnectedtapedoffartificialstudiodud+16

原始詞典資料38 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

liveverb詞源 1/ˈlɪv/

  • 1

    To be alive; to have life.

    • He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
  • 2

    To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

    • I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.
    • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
  • 3

    informalTo have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.

    • I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
  • 4

    To survive; to persevere; to continue.

    • When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, […] ‘Where wert thou, brother, those four days?’ ⁠There lives no record of reply, ⁠Which telling what it is to die Had surely added praise to praise.
  • 5

    To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.

    • Her memory lives in that song.
    • He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.
  • 6

    To cope.

    • You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.
  • 7

    To pass life in a specified manner.

    • It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.
  • 8

    To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

    • To live an idle or a useful life.
    • Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.
另外 6 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.

    • to live the Gospel
    • The key to our freedom then, isn't begging for tolerance, but living our full rights.
  • 10

    obsoleteTo live as; to live being.

    • at leaſt admit vs libertie, Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized, By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.
  • 11

    To outlast danger; (of a ship or boat) to float.

    • That rockslide trapped me in a cave, and I was trapped for three days, but I lived.
    • No ship could live in such a storm.
  • 12

    To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.

    • It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.   Man shall not live by bread alone.
  • 13

    informalTo make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.

    • I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
  • 14

    To spend a great deal of time in a particular place.

    • She lives on the Internet.

liveadj詞源 2/ˈlaɪ̯v/

  • 1

    Having life; that is alive.

    • The post office will not ship live animals.
  • 2

    Being in existence; actual.

    • He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
  • 3

    Having active properties; being energized.

    • Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
  • 4

    Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

  • 5

    computingengineeringmathematicsOperational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.

    • An object in the heap is live if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in another live heap node.
  • 6

    Taken from a living animal.

    • live feathers
  • 7

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesImparting power; having motion.

    • the live spindle of a lathe
    • a live, or driving, axle
  • 8

    hobbieslifestylesportsStill in active play.

    • a live ball
另外 14 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    card-gamesgamesOf a card: not yet dealt or played.

    • As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
  • 10

    broadcastingmediaBeing broadcast (“on the air”), as it happens.

    • The station presented a live news program every evening.
    • Are we live?
  • 11

    In person.

    • This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
  • 12

    entertainmentlifestyleRecorded from a performance in front of an audience.

    • a live album
  • 13

    Able to fire or explode (of firearms or explosives).

    • The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
  • 14

    Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.

    • A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.
    • It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairly live room with reverb added.
  • 15

    Electrically charged or energized, usually with a risk of causing electrocution if touched.

    • Use caution when working near live wires.
  • 16

    card-gamespokerBeing a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.

    • Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
  • 17

    broadcastingfilmmediaFeaturing humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

  • 18

    Being in a state of ignition; burning.

    • a live coal; live embers
    • Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were the live boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.
  • 19

    obsoleteVivid; bright.

    • the live carnation
  • 20

    datedslangEnergetic, attentive, active.

    • a live man, or orator
    • Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are a live bunch and they all expect you to make good.
  • 21

    slangOutstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.

    • The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
  • 22

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesOf a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.

liveadv詞源 2/ˈlaɪ̯v/

  • 1

    Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

    • The concert was broadcast live by radio.
  • 2

    Of making a performance or speech, in person.

    • He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.

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