alive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++a·live /əˈlaɪv/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective [not before noun] 1 not dead 活的 still living and not dead 活（着）的 It was a bad accident – they’re lucky to be alive. 这是一宗严重事故——他们能活着实属幸运。 My grandparents are still alive. 我的祖父母和外祖父母都还健在。 We stayed alive by eating berries. 我们靠吃浆果活命。 He was kept alive on a life-support machine. 他靠生命维持装置活着。 Apparently he’s alive and well and living in Brazil. 看来他还健在，住在巴西。2 still existing 仍然存在的 continuing to exist 仍然存在的 Ancient traditions are very much alive in rural areas. 古老的传统在农村根深蒂固。 Christianity is alive and well in Asia. 基督教在亚洲依然盛行。 The sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country. 这项体育运动在该国依然很流行。3 ENERGETICcheerful 高兴的 full of energy, happiness, activity etc 活跃的，充满活力的 It was the kind of morning when you wake up and feel really alive. 这是一个醒来时觉得充满活力的早晨。alive with Her face was alive with excitement. 她兴奋得眉飞色舞。 The whole house was alive with activity. 整幢房子里都很热闹。4 come alive a) INTERESTINGif a subject or event comes alive, it becomes interesting and seems real 变得兴味盎然；生动起来 Hopefully, we can make history come alive for the children. 希望我们可以让孩子感到历史是生动的。 b) HAPPYINTERESTEDif someone comes alive, they suddenly become happy and interested in what is happening 精神一振 She only came alive when she sat down at the piano. 她一坐在钢琴旁就精神起来。 c) BUSY PLACEif a town, city etc comes alive, it becomes busy 〔城镇等〕热闹起来；变得繁忙 seaside resorts that come alive in the summer 夏季变得热闹的海滨度假胜地5 be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc NOTICEto know that a particular fact etc exists and that it is important 了解某事实/注意到可能性/意识到危险等 The company is alive to the threat posed by foreign imports. 这家公司了解国外进口商品所造成的威胁。6 be alive with something BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOto be full of living things that are moving 充满，到处都是〔活物〕 The pond was alive with fish. 池塘里满是游来游去的鱼。7 bring something alive INTERESTINGto make something interesting and real 使某事物变得有生气 The way he describes his characters really brings them alive. 他的描写手法使笔下人物栩栩如生。 → skin somebody alive at skin2(3)
Examples from the Corpus
alive• Are all your grandparents still alive?• The Glens have the cup pedigree and their cup run has kept a disappointing season alive.• The penalty kept the drive alive.• While you're here don't say it, and we might all stand a chance of getting out of here alive.• Blues clubs like these help keep the music alive.• Paramedics fought for an hour by the roadside to keep him alive.• She was the last person to see him alive.• The police found them lying on the kitchen floor. Mr Wilkins was dead and his wife was barely alive.• I did not notice it while she was alive.• She died in 1952 and I am now the only one of the family left alive.• The coward choked out that you were still alive and hadn't been harmed, but it didn't save his neck.• The children were found alive and well after being missing for several days.• The quest to make the songs come alive helps reignite the players' chemistry after the long layoff.• Not knowing whether he's dead or alive is a terrible feeling.alive and well• I have heard from my family, and they're alive and well.• Unfortunately, discrimination against black people is alive and well.• The family meal is alive and well.• But in Disney movies, the old stereotypes are alive and well and beautifully animated, Giroux says.• Dolly at least is alive and well and her first lamb, Bonnie, seems eminently healthy and normal.• Age discrimination and fears of age discrimination are alive and well in the workplace.• William was seen alive and well this morning, but by lunchtime he'd died.• Joseph of Arimathea - the only man he ever buried was alive and well three days later!• I wanted to be able to deliver the fact that grandfather was still alive and well to you.• Alice was great; she seemed so alive and well tuned.alive and kicking• Keeping the ball alive and kicking.• Other people, alive and kicking.• The beast was still very much alive and kicking.• Thought I might pop down to Grafton again this spring - see if our Peg is still alive and kicking.• For one thing, it was now very much alive and kicking, a sensation which she found both distressing and uncomfortable.• The sports bar is alive and kicking Downtown, and they give Monday Night Football a special place on the mantle.• But the sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country.• He is very much alive and kicking, strongly represented in the intertestamental literature, the New Testament and human experience.feel ... alive• Something real had been left behind when she'd walked away from Castell Rocamar, and she felt only half alive.• Sometimes the sun spangles and we feel alive.• At least we were out of the mud and I had started to feel alive enough to tackle a dry roti.• He felt vibrantly alive, he felt clean, scrubbed by Debbie in a long cold shower.• He felt ashamed and alive, he felt seen.• Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash.• His ears ringing, the blood pounding in his veins, Floyd felt more alive than he had for years.• And you will feel more alive than you ever have before.Origin alive Old English on life “in life”a·live adjectiveChineseSyllable
still living not and Corpus dead
alive
a‧live S2 W3 /əˈlaɪv/
adjective [not before noun]
It was a bad accident – they’re lucky to be alive.
My grandparents are still alive.
We stayed alive by eating berries.
He was kept alive on a life-support machine.
Apparently he’s alive and well and living in Brazil.
2. STILL EXISTING continuing to exist:
Ancient traditions are very much alive in rural areas.
Christianity is alive and well in Asia.
The sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country.
3. CHEERFUL full of energy, happiness, activity etc:
It was the kind of morning when you wake up and feel really alive.
alive with
Her face was alive with excitement.
The whole house was alive with activity.
4. come alive
a. if a subject or event comes alive, it becomes interesting and seems real:
Hopefully, we can make history come alive for the children.
b. if someone comes alive, they suddenly become happy and interested in what is happening:
She only came alive when she sat down at the piano.
c. if a town, city etc comes alive, it becomes busy:
seaside resorts that come alive in the summer
5. be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc to know that a particular fact etc exists and that it is important:
The company is alive to the threat posed by foreign imports.
6. be alive with something to be full of living things that are moving:
The pond was alive with fish.
7. bring something alive to make something interesting and real:
The way he describes his characters really brings them alive.
⇨ skin somebody alive at skin2(3)
a‧live S2 W3 /əˈlaɪv/
adjective [not before noun] Language: Old English
Origin: on life 'in life'
1. NOT DEAD still living and not dead:Origin: on life 'in life'
2. STILL EXISTING continuing to exist:
3. CHEERFUL full of energy, happiness, activity etc:
alive with
4. come alive
a. if a subject or event comes alive, it becomes interesting and seems real:
b. if someone comes alive, they suddenly become happy and interested in what is happening:
c. if a town, city etc comes alive, it becomes busy:
5. be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc to know that a particular fact etc exists and that it is important:
6. be alive with something to be full of living things that are moving:
7. bring something alive to make something interesting and real:
⇨ skin somebody alive at skin2(3)
