accept sth unpleasant ( X'&WA ) : I just
had to learn to live with the pain. X # X ^
m^o
live2 Otw /laiv/ adj., adv.
— see also live1
■
adj. [usually before noun]
►
NOT DEAD M W 1
living; not dead MW: live
animals M
0
the
number of live births (= babies bom alive) M X^JLWffcil o We saw a real live rattlesnake! {["]#]&
►
NOT RECORDED ftfkM
2 (of a broadcast fi) sent out
while
the event is actually happening, not recorded first and broadcast later M
ijft Jl jf W; ^ I# W: live coverage of the World
Cup
X W 3
(of a
performance A iH) given or made
when people are watching, not recorded fill Lk iH ttj W: The club has live music
most nights. IT
Xo
0 a
live recording made at Wembley Arena
Wtf
WJM^W 0 the
band’s new live album j&AXPAfr X W fHI,li zT 0 It was the first interview
I’d done in front of a live audience (= with people
watching).
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ELECTRICITY ft 4
(of a wire or device X m S)
connected to a source of electrical power jX#
X'MW; ilXW: That terminal is live.
►
BULLET5/MATCHES f
#; >A ^ 5 still able to explode or
light; ready for use {ft
p] & W; iJ7] M X W; k. BT X
X W: live ammunition
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COALS 6 live coals are burning or are still hot and
red tefW;
►
YOGURT 7 live yogurt still contains the bacteria needed to turn milk into yogurt #?Lg£jlt W
►
QUESTION/SUBJECT fnjgg; iJ18 of interest or
import
ance at the present time X bu fijf A >C> W; H T S A W: Pollution is still very
much a live issue. @
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INTERNET 9 (of an electronic link tfe X fH |g)
functioning correctly, so that it
is connected to another document or page on the Internet X W ; M IE # W;
MW: Here
are some live links to other aviation- related web pages.
IFfTl a live ‘wire a person who is lively
and full of energy WA; XAM^BWA
■
adv. broadcast at the time
of an actual event; played or
recorded at an actual
performance X M M M. If; TE M SNfcSflI ( ) : The show is going out live. j&W'M
tB JE TE ^ & Jl M o yT5T?71 go ‘live (computing if) (of a computer
system iff) to become operational
(=
ready to be used)
live-able (also liv-able) /'livabl/ adj.
1 (BrE also liveable in [not before noun]) (of a house, etc. MM^)
fit to live in it X.® ft W H771 habitable : safer and more liveable
residential areas jgAXfnHiliXliHiWX^Eo The place looks liveable
in.
j£iffeAf#^3fc^X fgjft<> 2 (of life X M) worth living {I - jbt W Km endurable 3 [not before noun] ~ with that can be dealt with
ft At ft ; oj ti : The problem is paying the mortgage— everything else is liveable
with. |r] M it XT^ Sc ti @
Wt S'JW—tU^'lftPtbAt^o 4 [only before noun] (of
a
wage, etc. X^^) enough to
live on A.^£tt#XM W: a liveable salary ^IM^gRfcMWfrA
live action /.larv 'aekjn/ noun [u] part of a
film/movie that is made using real people or animals, rather than using
drawings, models or computers ( % 12 X W ) M ft fc ►
,live-'action adj. [only before noun] : a live-action movie —
lived-in adj. (of a place fife A)
that has been used so continuously for so long that it does not look new X$]
TfAiUHiMXJiKXW; itl-IiW: {approving) The
room had a comfortable, lived-in feel about
it. fk A I bJ S.
live-in /'liv in/ adj. 1 (of an employee 0 M) living in the house
where they work ft .it X ft Iff W : a live-in nanny ft it fg XM W
live li hood /'laivlihod/ noun [C, usually sing., U]
a means of earning money in order to live SSt^iiX W¥i&; XiT HI71 living :
Communities
on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood. ^tWSSHi^to 0 a means/source of
livelihood Xit; XMX® live-long /’livloq; NAmE -loir)/
adj. ITCTfll the livelong day {literary) the whole length of
the day —* H A live ly 0*w /'larvli/ adj. (live-lier,
live-li-est)
1
full of life and energy; active and enthusiastic ft f] X^KjKjW; MK.^'lfW
H3Z1 animated,
vivacious : an intelligent and lively young woman
WX^A±
O a
lively and enquiring mind JS !$. M .
# X ^ M
active ^tCMHfcW; A0£ W : They do a lively trade in
souvenirs and gifts, ftfefi] fjfc id ^ m fntL & X M, M% W X WfX ► live-li-ness
noun [U]
liven /'laivn/ verb liven ‘up | ,liven sb/sth up
to become or to make
sb/sth more interesting or exciting (f$)lLW$g, AA&: The game didn’t liven up
till the second half, I’JX
0
Let’s
put some music on to liven things up. ngfll
liver /’liva(r)/ noun 1 [C] a large organ in
the body that cleans the blood and produces bile
flFIft —picture o body 2 [U, C]
the liver of some animals that is cooked and eaten ( zjfeft/XlTX W ) IT: liver and onions fefelTX O chicken livers xifjf
'liver fluke noun a small worm which, in an adult form, lives in
the liver of people or animals,
often causing disease |f(SX (fi^fgXlTffi ) liv er ied /'livarid/ adj. 1 (BrE) painted in a livery AXMXW: liveried aircraft AXMXWX
fil 2 wearing livery W MM W ; sF X A W : liveried servants ^FrfrJUWfhA
Liverpud lian /.liva'pAdlian; NAmE .livar'p-/ noun a person from
'liver salts noun [pi.] (BrE) a substance that you
drink to help with indigestion (=
pain caused by difficulty in DIGESTING food) ( X XMiXfflffcX & W ) MflT£fc 'liver sausage {BrE) {NAmE liv-er-wurst /'liv9W3:st; NAmE 'livarw3:rst/) noun [U] a type of soft sausage made from finely chopped liver, usually spread cold on bread fff
'liver spot noun a small brown spot on the skin, especially
found in older people H$E; fUl; ( Alt ) ^ A»I
liv-ery /'livari/ noun [U, C] {pi. -ies) 1 (BrE) the colours in which
the vehicles, aircraft, etc. of a particular company are painted (
I
2a special uniform worn by servants or officials, especially in the past ( AltlBN'XA^c't MW )
‘livery stable noun a place where people
can pay to keep their horses or can hire a horse (
XW )
lives pi. of LIFE
live-stock /’larvstDk; NAmE -sta:k/ noun [U, pi.] the animals
kept on a farm, for example cows or sheep ft
H;
MM
live-ware /‘laivweaOX NAmE -wer/ noun [U] {informal) people who work with
computers, rather than the programs or computers with which they work AX, M
ft (mt»*axf£WA)
livid /‘livid/ adj. 1 extremely angry H %% W ; X. & W K7?l furious
2 dark bluish-grey in colour W fe W;
W:
a
livid bruise liv ing 0-w /'lrvrr)/ adj., noun
a adj. 1 alive now MU W; M.W: all living things Iff A Xtl o living organisms M W l/l ft 0 the finest living
pianist
XX WUFfoX WfS#^ 2 [only before noun] used or practised now TtX/fjW; A^S£W: living languages