Tra từ live - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.live¹ S1 W1 /lɪv/ BrE AmE verb
[Word Family: verb: ↑live, ↑outlive, ↑relive, ↑liven, ↑up; adjective: ↑live, ↑lively, ↑living, ↑liveable; noun: ↑liveliness, ↑living, ↑livelihood; adverb: ↑live]
[Language: Old English; Origin: libban]
1. IN A PLACE/HOME [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live in a place, you have your home there
live in/at/near etc
They lived in Holland for ten years.
He lives just across the street from me.
We live only a few miles from the coast.
A rather odd family came to live next door to us.
As soon as I saw the place, I knew I didn’t want to live there.
Does Paul still live here?
We’re still looking for somewhere to live.
They’ve finally found a place to live.
live with
My grandmother came to live with us when I was ten.
Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home (=live with their parents).
I’m quite happy living alone.
The house has 3,600 square feet of living space (=the areas of a house you live in).
live rough British English (=live outside because of having no home)
I ran away from home and lived rough for nine months.
2. PLANT/ANIMAL [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] a plant or animal that lives in a particular place grows there or has its home there
live in/on etc
These particular birds live on only one island in the Pacific.
3. AT A PARTICULAR TIME [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live at a particular time, you are alive then
live before/in/at
He lived in the eighteenth century.
She lived at a time when women were not expected to work.
Gladstone lived during a period of great social change.
the best/greatest etc that/who ever lived (=the best, greatest etc who has been alive at any time)
He’s probably the best journalist who ever lived.
4. BE/STAY ALIVE [intransitive] to be alive or be able to stay alive:
Without light, plants couldn’t live.
He is extremely ill and not expected to live.
The baby only lived a few hours.
People on average are living much longer than before.
I’ll never forget this for as long as I live.
live to (be) 80/90 etc/live to the age of 80/90 etc
My grandmother lived to 85.
She lived to the age of 79.
have two weeks/six months etc to live
He knows he’s only got a few months to live.
He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream.
5. WAY OF LIFE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to have a particular type of life, or live in a particular way
live in peace/poverty etc
The people in this country just want to live in peace.
People should not live in fear of crime.
We live in hope that a cure will be found.
live peacefully/quietly/happily etc
The two communities live peacefully alongside each other.
She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story).
Some people like to live dangerously.
Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can.
They earn enough money to live well (=have plenty of food, clothes etc).
I just want to live my life in my own way.
He’s not well enough to live a normal life.
live a quiet/active/healthy etc life
She lives a very busy life.
He had chosen to live the life of a monk.
She’s now in Hollywood living a life of luxury.
live by
I have always tried to live by my faith (=according to my religion).
We struggle on, living from day to day (=trying to find enough money each day to buy food etc).
He was tired of living out of a suitcase (=spending a lot of time travelling).
6. EARN A LIVING [intransitive] the way that someone lives is the way that they earn money to buy food etc:
Fishing is the way their families have lived for generations.
live by doing something
They live by hunting and killing deer.
7. EXCITING LIFE [intransitive] to have an exciting life:
She wanted to get out and live a little.
We’re beginning to live at last!
8. IMAGINE SOMETHING [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to imagine that things are happening to you
live in
He lives in a fantasy world.
live through
She lived through her children’s lives.
You must stop living in the past (=imagining that things from the past are still happening).
9. BE KEPT SOMEWHERE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English informal the place where something lives is the place where it is kept:
Where do these cups live?
Those big dishes live in the cupboard next to the fridge.
10. STILL EXIST/HAVE INFLUENCE [intransitive] if an idea lives, it continues to exist and influence people:
Democracy still lives!
His name will live forever.
That day will always live in my memory.
11. living quarters the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes:
the White House living quarters
12. living expenses the money you need to spend in order to live, for example on food or a house:
His tuition is paid, but he’ll work to cover his living expenses.
13. living arrangements the way someone organizes how and where they will live:
Her mother disapproved of the living arrangements, saying that two girls living with four boys was bound to cause problems.
14. live it up informal to do things that you enjoy and spend a lot of money:
Sam was living it up in London.
15. live by your wits to get money by being clever or dishonest, and not by doing an ordinary job
16. live a lie to pretend all the time that you feel or believe something when actually you do not feel that way:
I knew that I could not continue to live a lie.
17. be living on borrowed time to be still alive after the time that you were expected to die:
She’s been living on borrowed time for the last year.
18. live in sin old-fashioned if people live in sin, they live together and have a sexual relationship without being married ⇨ live together
19. live and breathe something to enjoy doing something so much that you spend most of your time on it:
Politics is the stuff I live and breathe.
20. you live and learn spoken used to say that you have just learned something that you did not know before
21. live and let live used to say that you should accept other people’s behaviour, even if it seems strange
22. you haven’t lived (if/until ...) spoken used to say that someone’s life will be boring if they do not do a particular exciting thing:
You haven’t lived until you’ve tasted champagne.
23. somebody will live to regret it used to say that someone will wish that they had not done something:
If you marry him, you’ll live to regret it.
24. live to see/fight another day to continue to live or work after a failure or after you have dealt with a difficult situation:
Hopefully, the company will live to fight another day.
25. live life to the full to enjoy doing a lot of different things:
She believes in living life to the full.
26. live high on the hog used to say that someone has a nice life because they have a lot of money and buy expensive things – often used to show disapproval
27. live from hand to mouth to have only just enough money to buy food:
We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.
28. long live the King/Queen! etc spoken used as an expression of loyal support for a person
29. long live democracy/freedom etc used to say that you hope something continues to exist for a long time:
Long live free education!
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THESAURUS
▪ live to have your home somewhere: He lives with his parents. | Where do you live? | Do you like living in Tokyo? | Jo lives next to a busy road. | Judy lives in that nice house on the corner. | How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it? | In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.
▪ be from/come from use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live: My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow. | The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England. | ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’ | The winner came from Australia.
▪ inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there. Used especially in written descriptions: The island is mainly inhabited by sheep. | Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
▪ reside formal to live in a particular country, city etc: She now resides in the US. | Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn. | At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris. | Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address? | The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.
▪ grow up to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager: This is the neighborhood where my father grew up. | I grew up on a farm in South Africa.
live something ↔ down phrasal verb
if someone does not live something down, people never forget about it and never stop laughing at them for it:
She’ll never live that down!
live for something phrasal verb
if you live for something, it is the thing that you enjoy or hope for most in your life:
He lived for his art.
She had nothing left to live for.
She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own.
live in phrasal verb British English
if someone lives in, they live in the place where they work ⇨ live-in:
Sometimes it can be easier if you have a nanny who lives in.
live off somebody/something phrasal verb
to get your income or food from a supply of money or from another person:
Mom used to live off the interest from her savings.
Dad lost his job and we had to live off welfare.
Most people in the countryside live off the land (=live by growing or finding their own food).
live on phrasal verb
1. if something lives on, it continues to exist:
Alice’s memory will live on.
2. live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things:
I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week.
the number of families who live on benefits
3. live on something to eat a lot of a particular type of food:
They live on bread and potatoes.
He practically lives on fish and chips!
live out phrasal verb
1. British English if someone lives out, they do not live in the place where they work:
Most home helps prefer to live out.
2. live out something to experience or do something that you have planned or hoped for SYN fulfil, realize:
The money enabled them to live out their dreams.
3. live out your life to continue to live in a particular way or place until you die:
He lived out his life in solitude.
live through something phrasal verb
to experience difficult or dangerous conditions SYN endure:
the generation that lived through the Second World War
It was hard to describe the nightmare she had lived through.
live together phrasal verb
if people live together, they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship but are not married ⇨ live with:
They lived together for two years before they got married.
live up to something phrasal verb
if something or someone lives up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc:
The bank is insolvent and will be unable to live up to its obligations.
The film has certainly lived up to my expectations.
live with somebody/something phrasal verb
1. to accept a difficult situation that is likely to continue for a long time SYN put up with, tolerate:
You have to learn to live with stress.
He has lived with his illness for most of his life.
2. to live in the same house as someone and have a sexual relationship with them without being married ⇨ live together:
She’s living with her boyfriend now.
3. if something lives with you, it stays in your mind:
That episode has lived with me all my life.
II.live² S3 W3 /laɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: verb: ↑live, ↑outlive, ↑relive, ↑liven, ↑up; adjective: ↑live, ↑lively, ↑living, ↑liveable; noun: ↑liveliness, ↑living, ↑livelihood; adverb: ↑live]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: alive]
1. LIVING [only before noun] not dead or artificial SYN living OPP dead:
experiments on live animals
Protesters want to stop the export of live sheep and cattle.
the number of live births per 1,000 population
We were so excited to see real live elephants.
2. TV/RADIO a live television or radio programme is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happening OPP prerecorded:
a live radio phone-in show
There will be live TV coverage of tonight’s big match.
3. MUSIC/THEATRE a live performance is one in which the entertainer performs for people who are watching, rather than a film, record etc:
A lot of the bars have live music.
The band will be giving a live concert performance next week.
We’ll be playing you a track from his new live album (=↑album that was recorded from a live performance).
It’s always different when you perform in front of a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance).
4. ELECTRICITY a wire or piece of equipment that is live has electricity flowing through it:
Be careful – those wires are live.
5. BOMBS a live bomb still has the power to explode because it has not been used:
They came across a field of live, unexploded mines.
6. BULLETS live bullets are real ones that are made of metal and can kill people OPP blank:
Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd.
7. ISSUE a live subject or problem is one that still interests or worries people:
Drink-driving is still very much a live issue.
8. live coals pieces of coal that are burning:
She threw the paper onto the live coals.
9. YOGHURT live ↑yoghurt contains ↑bacteria that are still alive
III.live³ /laɪv/ BrE AmE adverb
[Word Family: verb: ↑live, ↑outlive, ↑relive, ↑liven, ↑up; adjective: ↑live, ↑lively, ↑living, ↑liveable; noun: ↑liveliness, ↑living, ↑livelihood; adverb: ↑live]
1. if something is broadcast live, it is broadcast on television or radio as it is actually happening ⇨ prerecorded:
The ceremony will be broadcast live on television.
The match will be shown live by the BBC.
2. if people perform live, they perform in front of people who have come to watch, rather than for a film, record etc:
I love their music, but I’ve never seen them perform live.
The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight.
Their latest CD was recorded live (=recorded at a live performance) in New York.
3. go live when a system or project goes live, people start to use it after it has been planned and discussed for a long time:
Their new information retrieval system went live last month.
a new security project which will go live in October

livehu


◎	[liv]
※	nội động từ
	■	sống
		☆	as long as we live, we will fight oppression and exploitation
			chừng nào còn sống, chúng ta còn đấu tranh chống áp bức và bóc lột
		☆	Marx's name will live for ever
			tên của Mác sẽ sống mãi
		☆	Lenin's memory lives
			Lê-nin vẫn sống mãi trong tâm trí mọi người
		☆	long live communism
			chủ nghĩa cộng sản muôn năm
	■	ở, trú tại
		☆	to live in Hanoi
			sống ở Hà nội
	〆	how the other half lives
		✓	xem half
	〆	to live beyond one's means
		✓	tiêu nhiều hơn tiền mà mình kiếm được, vung tay quá trán
	〆	to live by one's wits
		✓	sống xoay sở
	〆	to live in the past
		✓	sống theo quá khứ
	〆	to live in sin
		✓	ăn nằm với nhau như vợ chồng
	〆	to live it up
		✓	sống phung phí
	〆	to live a lie
		✓	xem lie
	〆	to live like fighting cocks
		✓	thích cao lương mỹ vị, thích ăn uống phủ phê
	〆	to live like a lord
		✓	sống như ông hoàng
	〆	to live on the fat of the land
		✓	sống hưởng thụ
	〆	we live and learn
		✓	sống qua rồi mới biết
※	ngoại động từ
	■	sống
		☆	to live a quiet life
			sống một cuộc đời bình lặng
	■	thực hiện được (trong cuộc sống)
		☆	to live one's dream
			thực hiện được giấc mơ của mình
	〆	to live by
		✓	kiếm sống bằng
			☆	to live by honest labour
				kiếm sống bằng cách làm ăn lương thiện
	〆	to live down
		✓	để thời gian làm quên đi, để thời gian xoá nhoà
			☆	live down one's sorrow
				để thời gian làm quên nỗi buồn
		✓	phá tan, làm mất đi bằng thái độ cư xử đứng đắn (thành kiến, lỗi lầm...)
			☆	to live down a prejudice against one
				bằng cách sống đứng đắn phá tan thành kiến của người ta đối với mình
	〆	to live in
		✓	ở nơi làm việc; ở ngay trong khu làm việc
	〆	to live on (upon)
		✓	sống bằng
			☆	to live on fruit
				sống bằng hoa quả
			☆	to live on hope
				sống bằng hy vọng
	〆	to live out
		✓	sống sót
		✓	sống qua được (người ốm)
			☆	the patient lives out the night
				bệnh nhân qua được đêm
		✓	sống ở ngoài nơi làm việc
	〆	to live through
		✓	sống sót, trải qua
			☆	to live through a storm
				sống sót sau một trận bão
	〆	to live up to
		✓	sống theo
			☆	to live up to one's income
				sống ở mức đúng với thu nhập của mình
			☆	to live up to one's reputation
				sống (cư xử) xứng đáng với thanh danh của mình
			☆	to live up to one's principles
				thực hiện những nguyên tắc của mình
			☆	to live up to one's word (promise)
				thực hiện lời hứa, giữ trọn lời hứa
	〆	to live with
		✓	sống với, sống chung với; chịu đựng, đành chịu (cái gì)
	〆	to live close
		✓	sống dè xẻn
	〆	to live in clover
		✓	(xem) clover
	〆	to live a double life
		✓	sống hai cuộc đời, đóng hai vai trò khác nhau trong cuộc sống
	〆	to live fast
		✓	(xem) fast
	〆	to live from hand to mouth
		✓	sống lần hồi, kiếm ngày nào ăn ngày nấy
	〆	to live hard
	〆	to live rough
		✓	sống cực khổ
	〆	to live high
		✓	(xem) high
	〆	to live and let live
		✓	sống dĩ hoà vi quí, sống đèn nhà ai người ấy ráng, sống mũ ni che tai
	〆	to live in a small way
		✓	sống giản dị và bình lặng
	〆	to live well
		✓	ăn ngon
※	tính từ
◎	[laiv]
	■	sống, hoạt động
		☆	to fish with a live bait
			câu bằng mồi sống
	■	(đùa cợt) thực (không phải ở trong tranh hay là đồ chơi)
		☆	a live horse
			một con ngựa thực
	■	đang cháy đỏ
		☆	live coal
			than đang cháy đỏ
	■	chưa nổ, chưa cháy
		☆	live bomb
			bom chưa nổ
		☆	live match
			diêm chưa đánh
	■	đang quay
		☆	a live axle
			trục quay
	■	có dòng điện chạy qua
		☆	live wire
			dây có dòng điện đang chạy qua; (nghĩa bóng) người sôi nổi; người năng nổ; người cương quyết
	■	tại chỗ, trong lúc sự việc xảy ra
		☆	a live broadcast
			buổi phát thanh tại chỗ (trận bóng đá...)
	■	mạnh mẽ, đầy khí lực
	■	nóng hổi, có tính chất thời sự
		☆	a live issue
			vấn đề nóng hổi, vấn đề có tính chất thời sự