This flashcard defines "love" with multiple meanings and examples. It can be used as a verb (to feel romantic attraction, to care deeply, to like very much, to cherish) and as a noun (romantic love, affection, a person or thing that is loved, a score of zero in tennis). It also includes idiomatic phrases like "fall in love" and "make love."
This flashcard defines "love" with multiple meanings and examples. It can be used as a verb (to feel romantic attraction, to care deeply, to like very much, to cherish) and as a noun (romantic love, affection, a person or thing that is loved, a score of zero in tennis). It also includes idiomatic phrases like "fall in love" and "make love."
[VERB 动词]爱；爱慕 If you love someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
[V n]
Oh, Amy, I love you...
哦，埃米，我爱你。
We love each other. We want to spend our lives together.
我们彼此相爱。我们希望共度一生。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]爱情；爱意Love is a very strong feeling of affection towards someone who you are romantically or sexually attracted to.
Our love for each other has been increased by what we've been through together.
我们共同经历了这些风风雨雨后，彼此更加相爱了。
...a old fashioned love story.
老式爱情故事
...an album of love songs.
情歌专辑
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[VERB 动词]疼爱；关爱 You say that you love someone when their happiness is very important to you, so that you behave in a kind and caring way towards them.
[V n]
You'll never love anyone the way you love your baby.
你决不会像疼爱自己的宝宝一样疼爱别人。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]疼爱；关爱Love is the feeling that a person's happiness is very important to you, and the way you show this feeling in your behaviour towards them.
My love for all my children is unconditional...
我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。
She's got a great capacity for love.
她很懂得如何去爱。
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[VERB 动词]喜欢；喜爱 If you love something, you like it very much.
[V n/-ing]
[V to-inf]
[V it wh]
We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes...
我们很喜欢这些食物，尤其是鱼。
I loved reading.
我很爱读书。
...one of these people that loves to be in the outdoors...
喜欢户外活动的这样一个人
I love it when I hear you laugh.
我喜欢听你笑。
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[VERB 动词]热爱；珍爱 You can say that you love something when you consider that it is important and want to protect or support it.
[V n]
I love my country as you love yours.
我热爱我的祖国，就像你热爱你的祖国一样。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]热爱Love is a strong liking for something, or a belief that it is important.
[oft N of n]
This is no way to encourage a love of literature...
靠这种办法想激起对文学的热爱是行不通的。
The French are known for their love of their language.
法国人热爱自己的语言是出了名的。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]爱人；情人；所爱之物 Your love is someone or something that you love.
[usu with poss]
'She is the love of my life,' he said...
“她是我一生所爱，”他说道。
Music's one of my great loves.
音乐是我的至爱之一。
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[VERB 动词]乐于；很愿意 If you would love to have or do something, you very much want to have it or do it.
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I would love to play for England again...
我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力。
I would love a hot bath and clean clothes...
要是能洗个热水澡、换身干净的衣服就太好了。
His wife would love him to give up his job.
他妻子很乐意他辞去工作。
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[N-VOC 称呼名词]（用于昵称）亲爱的 Some people use love as an affectionate way of addressing someone.
[feelings]
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Well, I'll take your word for it then, love...
唔，那我就信你吧，亲爱的。
Don't cry, my love.
别哭，亲爱的。
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[NUM 数词]（网球比赛中的）零分 In tennis, love is a score of zero.
He beat Thomas Muster of Austria three sets to love.
他3比0直取奥地利的托马斯·蒙斯特。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语]（给朋友或亲人写信时结尾具名前的非正式用语）爱你（们）的 You can use expressions such as 'love', 'love from', and 'all my love', followed by your name, as an informal way of ending a letter to a friend or relation.
...with love from Grandma and Grandpa.
爱你的爷爷、奶奶
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]问候；致意 If you send someone your love, you ask another person, who will soon be speaking or writing to them, to tell them that you are thinking about them with affection.
[poss N]
Please give her my love.
请代我问候她。
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See also:
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free love
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peace-loving
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[PHRASE 短语]堕入爱河；（与…）相爱 If you fall in love with someone, you start to be in love with them.
[V inflects]
I fell in love with him because of his kind nature...
我爱上他，是因为他秉性善良。
We fell madly in love.
我们疯狂地相爱了。
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[PHRASE 短语]喜欢上；喜爱上 If you fall in love with something, you start to like it very much.
[V inflects]
Working with Ford closely, I fell in love with the cinema.
与福特的密切合作开始令我爱上了电影。
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[PHRASE 短语]对…倾心；爱慕；热恋 If you are in love with someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
[V inflects]
Laura had never before been in love...
劳拉之前从来没有恋爱过。
I've never really been in love with anyone...
我从来没有真正爱上过谁。
We were madly in love for about two years.
我们疯狂地热恋了大概两年。
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[PHRASE 短语]喜欢；喜爱；热爱 If you are in love with something, you like it very much.
[V inflects]
He had always been in love with the enchanted landscape of the West.
他一向热爱西部的迷人风光。
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[PHRASE 短语]（…之间）彼此厌恶，水火不容 If you say that there is no love lost between two people or groups or there is little love lost between them, you mean that they do not like each other at all.
[usu v-link PHR between pl-n]
There was no love lost between the two men who were supposed to be working in harmony on a mounting crisis.
在一场日益严峻的危机面前，本应和睦共处、通力合作的这两个男人却势同水火。
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[PHR-RECIP 相互短语]做爱；性交 When two people make love, they have sex.
[V inflects]
Have you ever made love to a girl before?...
你和女孩有过云雨之欢吗？
One night, after 18 months of friendship, they made love for the first and last time.
一天晚上，做了18个月的朋友之后，他们第一次也是最后一次上了床。
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[PHRASE 短语]无论如何（也不…） If you cannot or will not do something for love or money, you are completely unable to do it or you do not intend to do it.
[with brd-neg]
Replacement parts couldn't be found for love or money...
替换零件怎么都找不到。
I'm not coming back up here. Never, for love nor money.
我不打算再回这里了，绝对不回了。
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[PHRASE 短语]一见钟情Love at first sight is the experience of starting to be in love with someone as soon as you see them for the first time.
[usu it be PHR]
It was love at first sight, and he proposed to me six weeks later.
我们一见钟情，他6周后就向我求婚了。
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loveloveslovedlovingnoun★affection 喜爱1★[uncountable ]a strong feeling of deep affection for sb/sth, especially a member of your family or a friend 爱；热爱；慈爱◆a mother's love for her children母亲对孩子的爱◆love of your country对祖国的热爱◆He seems incapable of love.他好像不会疼爱人。romantic 浪漫2★[uncountable ]a strong feeling of affection for sb that you are sexually attracted to 爱情；恋爱◆a love song/story爱情歌曲╱故事◆We're in love!我们相爱了！◆She was in love with him.她与他相爱了。◆They fell in lovewith each other. 他们彼此相爱了。◆It was love at first sight(= they were attracted to each other the first time they met).那是一见钟情。◆They're madly in love.他们狂热地相爱。◆Their love grew with the years.他们的爱逐年加深。☞collocationsat
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enjoyment 乐趣3★[uncountable , singular ]the strong feeling of enjoyment that sth gives you 喜好；喜爱◆a love oflearning 对知识的爱好◆He's in love withhis work. 他热爱自己的工作。◆I fell in love withthe house. 我喜欢上了这房子。sb/sth you like 所爱的人╱物4★[countable ]a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much 心爱的人；钟爱之物；爱好◆Take care, my love.保重，我的爱人。◆He was the love of my life(= the person I loved most).他是我一生中最爱的人。◆I like most sports but tennis is my first love.大多数运动我都喜欢，而网球是我的第一爱好。friendly name 友好的称呼5[countable ]( BrE) ( informal) a word used as a friendly way of addressing sb （昵称）亲爱的◆Can I help you, love?亲爱的，我能帮你忙吗？☞compare
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n. (4 )in tennis 网球6[uncountable ]a score of zero (points or games) 零分◆40–love!*40 比 0 ！ ◆She won the first set six–love/six games to love.她以六比零赢了第一盘。IDIOMS(just) for ˈlove | (just) for the ˈlove of sthwithout receiving payment or any other reward 出于爱好；不收报酬；无偿◆They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.他们都是义务工作的志愿者。for the love of ˈGod( old-fashioned,informal) used when you are expressing anger and the fact that you are impatient （表示愤怒和不耐烦）看在上帝的分上，哎呀，求求你◆For the love of God, tell me what he said!看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！give/send my love to sb( informal) used to send good wishes to sb 向某人致意（或问候）◆Give my love to Mary when you see her.你见到玛丽代我向她问好。◆Bob sends his love.鲍勃向你致意。ˈlove from | lots of ˈlove (from)( informal) used at the end of a letter to a friend or to sb you love, followed by your name （用于给朋友或所爱的人的信结尾具名前）爱你的◆Lots of love, Jenny非常爱你的珍妮love is ˈblind( saying) when you love sb, you cannot see their faults 爱情是盲目的，爱让人蒙蔽双眼（指恋爱中的人看不到对方缺点）make ˈlove (to sb)to have sex 有性行为；性交；做爱◆It was the first time they had made love.那是他们第一次发生性关系。not for love or/nor ˈmoneyif you say you cannot do sth for love nor money,you mean it is completely impossible to do it 决不；无论怎样也不◆We couldn't find a taxi for love nor money.我们无论如何也找不到一辆出租车。there's little/no ˈlove lost between A and Bthey do not like each other （…之间）彼此厌恶，互无好感◆There's no love lost between her and her in-laws.她和她的姻亲彼此嫌恶。☞more at
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n.verb★feel affection 感到爱1★lovesb/sth ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to have very strong feelings of affection for sb 爱；热爱◆I love you.我爱你。◆If you love each other, why not get married?要是你们彼此相爱，干吗不结婚呢？◆Her much-loved brother lay dying of AIDS.她至爱的弟弟因艾滋病而濒临死亡。◆He had become a well-loved member of staff.他已成为受人喜爱的职员。◆Relatives need time to grieve over loved onesthey have lost. 亲属需要时间痛悼他们失去的至爱。◆to love your country热爱你的祖国like/enjoy 喜欢；喜爱2★to like or enjoy sth very much 喜欢；喜爱SYN
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lovesth ◆I really love summer evenings.我非常喜欢夏天的夜晚。◆I just love it whenyou bring me presents! 我就喜欢你送我礼物！◆He loved the wayshe smiled. 他喜欢她微笑的样子。◆I love itin Spain (= I like the life there).我喜欢西班牙的生活。◆It was one of his best-loved songs.这是他最受喜爱的歌曲之一。◆( ironic) You're going to love this.They've changed their minds again. 你会感到高兴的，他们又改变主意了。lovedoing sth ◆( especially in BrE) My dad loves going to football games.我父亲爱去看足球赛。loveto do sth ◆( especially NAmE) I love to go out dancing.我喜欢出去跳舞。lovesb/sth to do sth ◆He loved her to sing to him.他喜欢让她唱歌给他听。☞synonyms at
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3★would loveused to say that you would very much like sth 很喜欢；很愿意loveto do sth ◆Come on Rory, the kids would love to hear you sing.来吧，罗里，孩子们都很喜欢听你唱歌。◆I haven't been to Brazil, but I'd love to go.我没去过巴西，但很想去。lovesb/sth to do sth ◆I'd love her to come and live with us.我很愿意让她来和我们住在一起。lovesth ◆‘Cigarette?’ ‘I'd love one, but I've just given up.’“要抽支烟吗？”“我倒很乐意抽一支，可我刚把烟戒了。”IDIOMˌlove you and ˈleave you( informal,humorous) used to say that you must go, although you would like to stay longer （表示想留却必须离开）不得不走◆Well, time to love you and leave you.唉，我该走了，不想走也得走哇。SYNONYMS 同义词辨析lovelike ◆be fond of sb ◆adore ◆be devoted to sb ◆care for sb ◆dote on sb These words all mean to have feelings of love or affection for sb. 以上各词均含喜爱、爱慕某人之意。■loveto have strong feelings of affection for sb 指爱、热爱：◆I love you.我爱你。■liketo find sb pleasant and enjoy being with them 指喜欢、喜爱：◆She's nice. I like her.她人很好，我喜欢她。■be fond of sbto feel affection for sb, especially sb you have known for a long time 指喜爱（尤指认识已久的人）：◆I've always been very fond of your mother.我一直非常喜欢你的母亲。■adoreto love sb very much 指热爱、爱慕：◆It's obvious that she adores him.她显然深深地爱着他。■be devoted to sbto love sb very much and be loyal to them 指深爱、忠诚于某人：◆They are devoted to their children.他们深爱着自己的孩子。■care for sbto love sb, especially in a way that is based on strong affection or a feeling of wanting to protect them, rather than sex 指深深地爱、非常喜欢，但不指性爱：◆He cared for her more than she realized.她不知道他是多么在乎她。NOTECare for sbis often used when sb has not told anyone about their feelings or is just starting to be aware of them. It is also used when sb wishes that sb loved them, or doubts that sb does. *care for sb 常用于未向任何人吐露感情或刚开始意识到这种感情时，亦用于希望别人爱自己或不知别人是否爱自己时： ◆If he really cared for you, he wouldn't behave like that.如果他真的在乎你，就不会干出那样的事。■dote on sbto feel and show great love for sb, ignoring their faults 指溺爱、宠爱、过分喜爱：◆He dotes on his children.他溺爱自己的孩子。PATTERNS◆to reallylove/like/adore/care for/dote on sb ◆to be really / really fond of/devoted to sb ◆to love/like/care for sb very muchlove/lʌv; NAmElʌv/
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1romantic attraction [transitive not in progressive] to have a strong feeling of affection for someone, combined with sexual attraction: I love you, Tracy. He was the only man she had ever loved.2care about [transitive not in progressive] to care very much about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friend: I love my grandad so much. I’ve always loved children.much-loved/well-loved In 1941, her much-loved sister was killed in an accident. Many people feel guilty after the death of a loved one.3like/enjoy [transitive] to like something very much or enjoy doing something very much: I love carrots. Jeff loves his work. I love the way she sings that song. Amy had always loved New York.love doing something I love going out to restaurants.love to do something We all love to talk about ourselves.I’d love to (do something) spoken (=used to say that you would really like to do something) ‘Would you like to come swimming with us?’ ‘I’d love to.’ I’d have loved to have stayed till the end. I’d love to know just why they did that.► see thesaurus at
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4loyalty [transitive not in progressive] to have a strong feeling of loyalty to your country, an institution etc: Dad’s always loved the navy.5I love it! spoken used when you are amused by something, especially by someone else’s mistake or bad luck: ‘And then her boyfriend walked in and saw her kissing Ray.’ ‘I love it!’6somebody’s going to love something spokena)used to say that someone will enjoy something: Listen guys, you’re going to love this.b)used to say that someone will not be pleased about something: I’m going to love telling him we’ve changed our minds again. →
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GRAMMARPatterns with love• You love someone or something: · I love my children.· She loves jazz.• You love doing something: · She loves listening to jazz.• You love to do something: · She loves to listen to jazz in her spare time.✗Don’t say: She loves listen to jazz.• Love doing something and love to do something both mean the same thing. You use love to do especially when saying that someone does something regularly or often.Using the progressive• The usual rule is that love is not used in the progressive. ✗Don’t say: I am loving my children. | She is loving jazz.• In spoken English, people sometimes say I’m loving something they have just seen or heard: · I’m loving his new show (=I like it a lot).Grammar guide ‒ VERBSTHESAURUSlove to like someone very much and care a lot about them – used especially about people in your family or someone who you are sexually attracted to: · I love my wife and children very much.· Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not really meant it?adore to love and admire someone very much: · When she was a child she adored her father.be in love (with somebody) to feel that you love someone and want to have a romantic relationship with them: · We were both young and very much in love.· Karen was in love with a man who was much older than her.be infatuated with somebody to love someone a lot and keep thinking about them, in a way that seems silly because you do not know them very well: · He became infatuated with a woman he met at a conference.have a crush on somebody to love and be sexually attracted to someone you are not having a relationship with, usually someone older: · Jane had a crush on the German teacher.be crazy about somebody informal to love someone very much – used for emphasis: · She’s crazy about you.be devoted to somebody to love someone very much and give them a lot of attention: · He was devoted to his wife and his children.dote on somebody written to love someone very much, especially a much younger family member, and behave very kindly to them: · He dotes on his grandchildren.
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1for family/friends [uncountable] a strong feeling of caring about someone, especially a member of your family or a close friendOPP hate, hatred: What these kids need is love and support.love for a mother’s love for her child2romantic [uncountable] a strong feeling of liking someone a lot combined with sexual attractionlove for Their love for each other grew deeper every day. Tara is madly in love with you.3person you love [countable] someone that you feel a strong romantic and sexual attraction to: He was her first love.the love of your life (=the person that you feel or felt the most love for)4pleasure/enjoymenta)[singular, uncountable] a strong feeling of pleasure and enjoyment that something gives youlove of/for my love of nature He had a great love of music. I fell in love with Amsterdam the very first time I visited the city.b)[countable] something that gives you a lot of pleasure and enjoyment: Sailing was her great love.5make love (to/with somebody)a)to have sex with someone that you loveb)old use to say loving things to someone, to kiss them etc6send/give your love (to somebody),send/give somebody your love to ask someone to give your loving greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc: Aunt Mary sends her love.7love (from somebody)/lots of love/all my love written used at the end of a letter to a friend, a member of your family, or someone you love: See you soon. Lots of love, Clare.8(my) love British English spoken informala)a word used when you are talking to someone you loveSYN darling: ‘Hello, love,’ said her father.b)a friendly way of talking to someone who you do not know, especially to a woman or child. Many women consider this to be impolite or offensive: What’s your name, love?9be a love and .../... there’s a love British English spoken used when you are asking someone, especially children and members of your family, to do something: Give these to your sisters, there’s a love.10there is no love lost between somebody and somebody if there is no love lost between two people, they dislike each other11tennis [uncountable] an expression meaning ‘no points’, used in the game of tennis12not for love or/nor money informal if you cannot get something or do something for love or money, it is impossible to obtain or to do: I can’t get hold of that book for love nor money.13love triangle a situation in which someone is having a sexual relationship with the partner of a close friend – used especially in newspapers14for the love of God (also for the love of Mike/Pete) old-fashioned spoken used to show that you are extremely angry, disappointed etc → a labour of love
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COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsbe in love· Are you in love with her?fall in love (=start being in love)· I fell in love with her the minute I saw her.find love (=meet someone to love)· I never thought I would find love.return somebody’s love (=love someone who loves you)· Estella does not return Pip’s love.phraseslove at first sight (=when you love someone as soon as you meet them)· For Marion and Ron it was love at first sight.very much in love· They were obviously very much in love.madly/deeply in love (=very much in love)· I married Dan because I was madly in love.head over heels in love (=very much in love)· The two of them fell head over heels in love.love is blind (=used to say that people do not notice the faults of the person they love)· Love is blind, I guess. How else could he stand to be with her?adjectivestrue love (=real love)· She felt that she had finally found true love.real love· You could see real love in their eyes.romantic love· Romantic love was not always the reason for marriage.sexual love· Venus was the Roman goddess of sexual love.unrequited love (=love for someone who does not love you)· She had a secret, unrequited love for Harrison.undying love (=love that does not stop)· She and I swore undying love.passionate love· He wrote about his passionate love for her.love + NOUNa love song/story· a tragic love storya love letter· She found a love letter from another woman in his wallet.THESAURUSlove noun [uncountable] a feeling of liking someone very much and caring a lot about them – used about people in your family, or someone you feel sexually attracted to: · All children need love, attention, and encouragement.· We don’t need words to express our love for each other.affection noun [uncountable] a gentle feeling of love which makes you want to be kind to someone and show them that you love them – used especially about friends and members of your family: · My mother never showed us us any affection.· Alison and I had been at school together, and I felt great affection for her.devotion noun [uncountable] very strong love for someone in which you want to give them a lot of attention and look after them – used especially about strong feelings of love for your wife, husband, children etc: · His recovery is largely due to the devotion of his wife and familypassion noun [uncountable] a strong and exciting feeling of love for someone you are extremely sexually attracted to: · He loved her still, with just the same passion as he always had.· There was no passion in their relationship.infatuation noun [countable, uncountable] a strong feeling of love for someone, in which you cannot stop thinking about them, and which seems silly because you do not know them very well: · She hoped that his ridiculous infatuation would soon wear off.· His infatuation with Diane seemed to be growing.· a childhood infatuationromance noun [uncountable] the feeling of loving someone and the nice things you do to show this – used about someone you are sexually attracted to: · The romance had gone out of their relationship.· In the UK, one in ten people have found romance over the Internet.crush noun [countable] a very strong feeling of love and sexual attraction for someone such as a teacher or a famous person, especially when there is no chance of you having a relationship with that person because you are much younger than them: · She had a teenage crush on one of her teachers.· I had a big crush on Tom Cruise when I was growing up.· a schoolgirl crush
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love
[lʌv]loved, loving, loves
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爱(67%)，喜欢(16%)，爱情(9%)，热爱(3%)，喜爱(2%)，恋爱(2%)，情人(1%)
n.恋爱；亲爱的；酷爱；喜爱的事物；爱情，爱意；疼爱；热爱；爱人，所爱之物
v.爱，热爱；爱戴；赞美，称赞；喜爱；喜好；喜欢；爱慕
n.（英）洛夫（人名）
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