English Dictionary

life

IPA（発音記号）

/laɪf/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 可算名詞 くだけた表現

(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

日本語の意味

生命：生物が持つ、代謝や生殖などの生物学的プロセスによる、存在・生存の状態を指す。 / 生きている状態：無生物と区別される、生物特有の活動や機能を有する状態。

She dedicated her career to studying life in extreme environments.

彼女は過酷な環境における生命を研究することに生涯を捧げた。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

意味（2）

(biology) The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.

意味（3）

The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

意味（4）

Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

It's life, but not as we know it. She discovered plant life on the planet. The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world.

意味（5）

(countable) A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)

Many lives were lost during the war. Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives.

意味（6）

A worthwhile existence.

He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life! His life was ruined by drugs.

意味（7）

A particular aspect of existence.

He struggled to balance his family life, social life and work life. sex life, political life

意味（8）

(informal) Social life.

Get a life.

意味（9）

Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.

She's my love, my life. Running the bakery is her life.

意味（10）

The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant; a civilization, species; a star; etc) is alive.

“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

意味（11）

The span of time during which an object operates.

Even if the bill's life is brief, the member who introduced it can still campaign as its champion.

意味（12）

The period of time during which an object is recognizable.

The life of this milk carton may be thousands of years in this landfill.

意味（13）

A particular phase or period of existence.

This would require that reproductive cells do not exist early on but rather are produced during the organism's adult life from the gemules sent from the various organs.

意味（14）

A period extending from a when a (positive or negative) office, punishment, etc is conferred on someone until that person dies (or, sometimes, reaches retirement age).

Typically, an appointed judge is appointed for life.

意味（15）

Animation; spirit; vivacity.

意味（16）

The most lively component or participant.

Don't I know that it is you who is the life of this house. Two delightful children!

意味（17）

A biography.

His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.

意味（18）

Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

意味（19）

(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.

Scoring 1000 points is rewarded with an extra life.

意味（20）

(baseball, softball, cricket) A chance for the batter (or batting team) to bat again, given as a result of an misplay by a member of the fielding team.

Borda sent a hot liner to G. Kugler, who made a nifty pick-up, but threw wild at first, giving the batter a life.

意味（21）

One of a player's chances to play in various children's playground games, lost when a mistake is made, for example being struck by the ball in dodgeball.

意味（22）

(uncountable, insurance) The life insurance industry.

I work in life.

意味（23）

(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

He renewed two lives which had dropped.

lives （ plural ）