love /lʌv/ I. n. ［u］ 1. 热爱，爱戴，爱好：love of/for one’s country 爱国热情；show great love towards one’s comrades 热爱同志 2. 爱情，恋情：a love story 爱情故事 Marry for love, not for money.为爱情而不是为金钱而结婚。be in love (with sb.) (与某人)恋爱，爱上(某人) ；fall in love (with sb.)(与某人)恋爱，爱上(某人) Love is blind.［谚］爱情是盲目的。‖II. vt. 1. 深爱，热爱：love one’s country (parents) 爱祖国(父母) Love me, love my dog.［谚］爱屋及乌。 2.(口语)喜好，爱好(后可接名/代词，不定式和v-ing：love mountain-climbing 爱好爬山 She loves to have/having a lot of young men around her. 她喜欢有许多青年男子在她周围。should/would love to 愿意(口语中缩作’d love to): She said she’d love to go with me.她说她愿意跟我一块去。
lovely /ˈlʌvli/ adj. 美丽的，可爱的，令人愉快的: a lovely woman 一位美丽的女人；lovely weather 好天气 We had a lovely holiday. 我们过了一个愉快的假期。What a lovely joke!这个笑话多么有趣。
lover /ˈlʌvə/ n. ［c］爱好者，情人，情侣：music lover音乐爱好者；lovers of the sea 海洋爱好者；desert her lover 抛弃她的情人She has had many lovers.她有过许多情人。They met in June and became lovers soon after.他们在六月相遇，不久就成了情侣。It was common for upper-class women to take lovers.那时上流社会的太太养情人是很普遍的。
