lover
noun /ˈlʌvə(r)/
/ˈlʌvər/
- a partner in a sexual relationship outside marriage
（婚外的）情人，情侣 - He denied that he was her lover.
他否认是她的情夫。 - We were lovers for several years.
我们相爱了好几年。 - The park was full of young lovers holding hands.
公园里到处是手拉着手的年轻情侣。
Topics Family and relationshipsb1- 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。 - She was shot by her jilted lover.
她被自己所抛弃的情人枪杀。 - They became lovers when her husband first went abroad.
她丈夫第一次出国时他们就成了情人。 - He suspected his wife of having a lover.
他怀疑妻子有情人。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ardent
- good
- great
- …
- be
- become
- find
- …
- He denied that he was her lover.
- (often in compounds
常构成复合词 爱好者；热爱者 - a lover of music
音乐爱好者 - an art lover
爱好艺术的人 - a nature lover
热爱大自然的人
- He was a devoted animal lover, and had a large number of pets at home.
他特别喜爱动物，家里养了许多宠物。 - She was a great lover of the arts, and of Greek architecture in particular.
她酷爱艺术，特别是希腊建筑。
- a lover of music