AHD - 美国传统词典
AHD(American Heritage Dictionary) 是我在 macOS 下使用多年的词典，它的主要功能有：
- 强大英英解释功能
- 词性释义丰富
- 有语源，更容易理解它的词根
示例
love
love [lʌv]
■n.（名词）
▪A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
爱：对某人的一种深切，温柔，无法形容的喜爱或牵挂之情，比如由亲戚关系引起的，对有魅力的品质的发现所引起的，或一种潜伏的同一性引起的
▪A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
情欲，爱欲：对愿意与之结为配偶的人的强烈地欲望和吸引力；性冲动和浪漫的情感
▪Sexual passion.
性欲
▪Sexual intercourse.
性交
▪A love affair.
风流韵事
▪An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
嗜好：一种强烈的感情依赖，比如对一个宠物或珍贵的东西
▪A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
爱人，意中人：深切或强烈喜爱或吸引的对象；被爱者。经常用于昵称
▪An expression of one's affection:
爱意：喜爱的表现：
»Send him my love.
»给予他我的爱意
▪A strong predilection or enthusiasm:
爱，狂热：强烈的偏袒或热情：
»a love of language.
»对语言的狂热
▪The object of such an enthusiasm:
爱的东西或人：这样一种狂热的对象：
»The outdoors is her greatest love.
»她最热心户外运动
▪Love (Mythology) Eros or Cupid.
Love 【神话】 爱神，丘比特
▪Often Love (Theology) Charity.
常作 Love 【神学】 慈善
▪Love (Christian Science) God.
Love 【基督教科学派】 上帝
▪(Sports) A zero score in tennis.
【体育运动】 网球中的零分
■v.（动词）
loved,lov.ing,loves
■v.tr.（及物动词）
▪To have a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward (a person):
爱，热爱，爱戴：对（某人）有一种深切，温柔，无法形容的喜爱和牵挂：
»We love our parents. I love my friends.
»我们爱我们的父母。我爱我的朋友
▪To have a feeling of intense desire and attraction toward (a person).
爱，抚爱：对（某人）有强烈的欲望和吸引力
▪To have an intense emotional attachment to:
爱，爱恋：对…有一种强烈的感情依赖：
»loves his house.
»依恋他和房子
▪To embrace or caress.
拥抱，爱抚
▪To have sexual intercourse with.
和…性交
▪To like or desire enthusiastically:
嗜好：狂热地喜欢或想得到：
»loves swimming.
»酷爱游泳
▪(Theology) To have charity for.
【神学】 对…的慈爱
▪To thrive on; need:
需要：依靠…生存；需要：
»The cactus loves hot, dry air.
»仙人掌需要干热的空气
■v.intr.（不及物动词）
▪To experience deep affection or intense desire for another.
爱：体验对某人的深切喜爱或强烈欲望
【习惯用语】
▬for love
▪Out of compassion; with no thought for a reward:
出于同情心；不求回报：
»She volunteers at the hospital for love.
»她出于爱心主动要求在医院工作
▬for love or money
▪Under any circumstances. Usually used in negative sentences:
在任何情况下。经常用在否定句中：
»I would not do that for love or money.
»在任何情况下我都不会这样做
▬for the love of
▪For the sake of; in consideration for:
为了，出于：为了…的缘故；出于对……的考虑：
»did it all for the love of praise.
»这样做是为了得到赞扬
▬no love lost
▪No affection; animosity:
没有好感；敌意：
»There's no love lost between them.
»他们之间只有敌意
【语源】
▪Middle English
中古英语
▪from Old English (lufu) * see leubh-
源自 古英语 (lufu) *参见 leubh-
【参考词汇】
love,affection,devotion,fondness,infatuation
▪These nouns denote feelings of warm personal attachment or strong attraction to another person.
这些名词表示对另外一个人的温暖的个人依恋或强烈的吸引力。
▪ (Love) suggests a more intense feeling than that associated with the other words of this group:
(Love) 比这类词中的相关词表明一种更强烈的感情：
»married for love.
»为爱而结婚。
▪Affection is a less ardent and more unvarying feeling of tender regard:
Affection 不那么热烈，但多一点永恒不变的温柔感：
»parental affection.
»父母的慈爱。
▪Devotion is earnest, affectionate dedication;it implies a more selfless, often more abiding feeling than(love) :
Devotion 表示热心的，充满情爱的奉献；它暗指比(love) 更无私，通常更执着的感情：
»The devotion of the aged couple is inspiring.
»老人的挚爱是催人奋进的。
▪Fondness is strong liking or affection:
Fondness 是一种强烈的喜欢或喜爱：
»showed their fondness for their grandchildren by financing their education.
»通过资助孙辈们的教育来表达对他们的喜爱。
▪Infatuation is foolish or extravagant attraction,often of short duration:
Infatuation 是一种愚蠢的爱或滥爱，通常持续的时间短：
»Their infatuation blinded them to the fundamental differences in their points of view. See also Synonyms at like ¹
»他们之间的迷恋使他们看不到他们之间意见的根本分歧 参见同义词 like¹
使用方法
我已将词典打包并上传至 GitHub: 下载地址
解压至
~/Library/Dictionaries；如果这个目录不存在，可以通过 Dictionary 的 「File」->「Open Dictionaries Folder」打开在 Dictionary 的设置面板里启用该词典：
Just enjoy it!