liver
liver — noun
- liversingular
- liversplural
1. a large organ inside your body, on the upper-right side of your stomach area, th
a large organ inside your body, on the upper-right side of your stomach area, that removes harmful chemicals from your blood and produces a liquid called bile to help you digest food. The same word is also used for this organ taken from an animal and cooked as food.
The patient's liver was damaged after years of heavy drinking.
collocation: damaged liver
The chef prepared chicken liver with onions for the main course.
liver as food: chicken liver
Mrs. Chen heard the surgeon say her new liver was filtering waste from her blood.
The ultrasound showed a tumor on the patient's liver which required surgery.
文法句型
adjective + liver (damaged / fatty / healthy liver)
liver + verb (produces / filters / removes)
用法筆記
In everyday health contexts, 'liver' often appears with adjectives describing its condition (e.g., 'fatty liver', 'enlarged liver', 'healthy liver'). As food, the animal source is usually specified (e.g., 'chicken liver', 'beef liver').
常見錯誤
2. a person defined by their place of residence or their way of living. In modern E
a person defined by their place of residence or their way of living. In modern English, this meaning almost always appears as the second part of a compound word such as 'city-liver' or 'clean-liver', and is rarely used on its own.
Seoul National University researchers studied clean-livers who drank no alcohol and ate no processed foods.
compound: clean-liver
The food bank in Taipei delivers free groceries to elderly city-livers who live alone.
compound: city-liver
The novel follows a wealthy free-liver who spends his inheritance on parties and travel.
The travel writer called herself a restless-liver who never stays past three months in any city.
- resident
the standard everyday word for a person who lives in a place
- inhabitant
more formal than 'resident', focuses on permanent habitation of a place
- dweller
often used in compounds (city-dweller, cave-dweller); slightly more literary than 'resident'
- visitor
someone who stays only temporarily; opposite of a permanent resident
文法句型
compound: noun + -liver (city-liver / clean-liver)
adjective + liver (free liver / solitary liver)
用法筆記
This sense is rarely used as a standalone noun in modern everyday English. It appears most naturally in compound nouns (clean-liver, city-liver) or in older/formal writing. For everyday reference to a person who lives somewhere, 'resident' or 'inhabitant' is more common.