liver

IPA/ˈlɪvə(r)/
KK[lˈɪvɚ]IPA/ˈlɪvər/

liver — 名詞

  • liversingular
  • liversplural

1. a large organ inside your body, on the upper-right side of your stomach area, th

1.名詞B1
釋義

肝臟；肝

過濾血液的器官；供食用的肝臟

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.

例句

The patient's liver was damaged after years of heavy drinking.

那位病人的肝臟因長期酗酒而受損。

collocation: damaged liver

The chef prepared chicken liver with onions for the main course.

主廚用洋蔥搭配雞肝作為主菜。

liver as food: chicken liver

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

❌I ate liver for dinner and felt sick because my liver could not digest it.
✅I ate liver for dinner and felt sick afterward.
💡Using 'liver' for both the food and the organ in one sentence creates confusion about which one you mean.

2. a person defined by their place of residence or their way of living. In modern E

2.名詞B2
釋義

生活者

居住在特定地方或過特定生活的人

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.

例句

Seoul National University researchers studied clean-livers who drank no alcohol and ate no processed foods.

首爾大學的研究人員研究了一群不碰酒精、不吃加工食品的人。

compound: clean-liver

The food bank in Taipei delivers free groceries to elderly city-livers who live alone.

台北的食物銀行將免費物資送給獨居的老年居民。

compound: city-liver

同義詞
  • 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'

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌He is a liver of New York.
✅He is a New York resident.' or 'He is a city-liver.
💡'liver' meaning 'person who lives' does not pair naturally with 'of + place'. Use a compound form or a different word.