Definition of live-in in English:

live-in

adjective

1attributive (of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house.
（佣人等）寄住在雇主家的
a live-in housekeeper
住家管家。
Example sentencesExamples
- Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons.
- We should know a little about her, because that might spark the story and direct the plot, so let's say she is an orphan who lives with her aunt, who treats her as a live-in servant.
- Goldwater and his siblings grew up with a nurse, chauffeur and live-in maid.
- Most of our employees are live-in since we started the project against the corrupt officials.
- ‘She is like my daughter,’ say the owners of a live-in servant, who works up to 18 hours a day.
- Chapter 3 discusses agricultural workers hired as live-in servants and focuses on the East Riding of Yorkshire, one of the few places where the practice survived through the nineteenth century.
- Instead, she practised at home with a live-in teacher.
- The live-in maid was always called Miss Rix, as my mother did not like the use of Christian names.
- Employing a live-in servant was particularly important to distinguish the white-collar group, including civil servants, from that of the working class in Belgium.
- Substantial midday dinners and high teas were handed through the serving hatch by Jenny, my mother's live-in cook and general maid.
- Employers with live-in domestic workers could deduct 10 percent for accommodation, but only if it complied with the minimum standards set.
- Two weeks ago I decided, after numerous cardiac events, to take my live-in doctor's advice and cut caffeine out of my diet.
- It is surely part of their distinction, too, to have adapted to a live-in photographer with apparent ease and even grace.
- She employs a live-in maid, but otherwise lives alone.
- The Livermores purchased a home and hired a live-in servant to handle their domestic chores.
- For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted.
- In the two neighbourhoods surveyed, out of the 750 households on which information was gathered, thirty employed a live-in foreign domestic worker.
- It was not possible to select a random sample of live-in workers at each holiday centre due to difficulties in constructing a complete sampling frame of the target population.
- Her two brothers worked at a Spanish construction company and knew a friendly family who needed a live-in maid.
- Most vulnerable of all are live-in servants, isolated in their employers' homes.
Synonyms
living in
1. 1.1 (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship.
  与他人同居的
  a live-in lover
  同居的恋人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  For the last two years I have been based in Pattaya and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
  But she has not always experienced joy in relationships with men; she knows the lifestyle of cohabitation after living with a man and experiencing the downfalls of a live-in relationship.
  Tim willingly takes the night shift at an adult video store but it takes a toll on his relationship with live-in girlfriend, Trish.
  The couple decide to try a live-in relationship, primarily platonic, though the boundaries soon dissipate.
  It's a commitment only - Brenda, and her live-in lover, Gerry, decided after months of living together, to formalise their arrangement.
  Prudie also guesses his head is not on straight, what with trying to maintain a relationship with a woman who already has a live-in lover.
  One thing led to another and the results appear to have been a live-in relationship and an abortion.
  His girlfriend had her share of ‘baggage,’ such as emotional problems and a low self-esteem having just come from another live-in relationship.
  However, survey after survey reveals that young people still believe in marriage - few are for live-in relationships.
  It is hardly surprising, in the circumstances, that there has been little public discussion about ways to reduce the tensions that accompany the break-up of a marriage or live-in relationship.
  In any case, the movie was interesting for me specifically because of the reason that I've just come out of a live-in relationship that lasted for roughly a year.
  Nevertheless, she seemed to find all the companionship she needed in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend.
  She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties.
  All of that fell by the wayside when I started living with one girlfriend or another - it's tough to balance a live-in relationship with prancing around the apartment in a robe with a dagger.
  The more I have thought about this, the more I have come to realise that there is in some respects very little difference in the reasons why marriages or live-in relationships might fail.
  The survey also shows that one in three live-in relationships lasts less than year and only one in 10 lasts longer than five years.
  It's a sad fact of modern marriage, or even just live-in relationships, that we reflect on a couple's longevity the minute they announce any intention to attempt long-term togetherness.
  So whether you're in a relationship where it's a live-in relationship, or whether you're married, you need to make sure you have some money in an account in your own name.
  I have been here for almost a year and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
  He had expressed a sexual interest but informed me that he was in the process of ending a live-in relationship.
2. 1.2 Residential.
  居住的，住宅的
  a live-in treatment program
  家庭医疗项目。
  Example sentencesExamples
  For a woman addict, live-in treatment is only possible when she has no other family commitments.
  He is still on parole from his previous, so he has parole, he has probation and has to be in his live-in treatment program.
  According to her, the mail order bride industry can't be separated from Canada's live-in caregiver program, which offers women a chance to immigrate here if they work as a domestic for two years.

noun

informal

A person who shares another's living accommodation as a sexual partner or as an employee.
〈非正式〉作为性伴侣与他人同居者；住家雇员
Example sentencesExamples
- More employers are offering benefits to domestic partners: 25 percent of those surveyed currently provide benefits to opposite sex live-ins, and 16 percent offer benefits to same-sex partners.
- Experts do observe that ‘life satisfaction’ is remarkably low for long-term live-ins.
- Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family.
- ‘These recipes have been tested on two husbands, five live-ins, 25 boyfriends and an undisclosed number of one-night stands,’ she said, laughing.

Definition of live-in in US English:

live-in

adjectiveˈlɪvɪnˈlivin

1(of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house.
（佣人等）寄住在雇主家的
a live-in housekeeper
住家管家。
Example sentencesExamples
- Employing a live-in servant was particularly important to distinguish the white-collar group, including civil servants, from that of the working class in Belgium.
- She employs a live-in maid, but otherwise lives alone.
- Substantial midday dinners and high teas were handed through the serving hatch by Jenny, my mother's live-in cook and general maid.
- Her two brothers worked at a Spanish construction company and knew a friendly family who needed a live-in maid.
- Chapter 3 discusses agricultural workers hired as live-in servants and focuses on the East Riding of Yorkshire, one of the few places where the practice survived through the nineteenth century.
- Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons.
- Goldwater and his siblings grew up with a nurse, chauffeur and live-in maid.
- It is surely part of their distinction, too, to have adapted to a live-in photographer with apparent ease and even grace.
- Most of our employees are live-in since we started the project against the corrupt officials.
- ‘She is like my daughter,’ say the owners of a live-in servant, who works up to 18 hours a day.
- It was not possible to select a random sample of live-in workers at each holiday centre due to difficulties in constructing a complete sampling frame of the target population.
- For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted.
- Two weeks ago I decided, after numerous cardiac events, to take my live-in doctor's advice and cut caffeine out of my diet.
- The Livermores purchased a home and hired a live-in servant to handle their domestic chores.
- The live-in maid was always called Miss Rix, as my mother did not like the use of Christian names.
- Instead, she practised at home with a live-in teacher.
- We should know a little about her, because that might spark the story and direct the plot, so let's say she is an orphan who lives with her aunt, who treats her as a live-in servant.
- Most vulnerable of all are live-in servants, isolated in their employers' homes.
- In the two neighbourhoods surveyed, out of the 750 households on which information was gathered, thirty employed a live-in foreign domestic worker.
- Employers with live-in domestic workers could deduct 10 percent for accommodation, but only if it complied with the minimum standards set.
Synonyms
living in
1. 1.1 (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship.
  与他人同居的
  a live-in lover
  同居的恋人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is hardly surprising, in the circumstances, that there has been little public discussion about ways to reduce the tensions that accompany the break-up of a marriage or live-in relationship.
  However, survey after survey reveals that young people still believe in marriage - few are for live-in relationships.
  All of that fell by the wayside when I started living with one girlfriend or another - it's tough to balance a live-in relationship with prancing around the apartment in a robe with a dagger.
  The couple decide to try a live-in relationship, primarily platonic, though the boundaries soon dissipate.
  It's a sad fact of modern marriage, or even just live-in relationships, that we reflect on a couple's longevity the minute they announce any intention to attempt long-term togetherness.
  It's a commitment only - Brenda, and her live-in lover, Gerry, decided after months of living together, to formalise their arrangement.
  In any case, the movie was interesting for me specifically because of the reason that I've just come out of a live-in relationship that lasted for roughly a year.
  So whether you're in a relationship where it's a live-in relationship, or whether you're married, you need to make sure you have some money in an account in your own name.
  Nevertheless, she seemed to find all the companionship she needed in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend.
  Tim willingly takes the night shift at an adult video store but it takes a toll on his relationship with live-in girlfriend, Trish.
  She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties.
  His girlfriend had her share of ‘baggage,’ such as emotional problems and a low self-esteem having just come from another live-in relationship.
  I have been here for almost a year and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
  But she has not always experienced joy in relationships with men; she knows the lifestyle of cohabitation after living with a man and experiencing the downfalls of a live-in relationship.
  For the last two years I have been based in Pattaya and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
  One thing led to another and the results appear to have been a live-in relationship and an abortion.
  The survey also shows that one in three live-in relationships lasts less than year and only one in 10 lasts longer than five years.
  He had expressed a sexual interest but informed me that he was in the process of ending a live-in relationship.
  Prudie also guesses his head is not on straight, what with trying to maintain a relationship with a woman who already has a live-in lover.
  The more I have thought about this, the more I have come to realise that there is in some respects very little difference in the reasons why marriages or live-in relationships might fail.
2. 1.2 Residential.
  居住的，住宅的
  a live-in treatment program
  家庭医疗项目。
  Example sentencesExamples
  According to her, the mail order bride industry can't be separated from Canada's live-in caregiver program, which offers women a chance to immigrate here if they work as a domestic for two years.
  For a woman addict, live-in treatment is only possible when she has no other family commitments.
  He is still on parole from his previous, so he has parole, he has probation and has to be in his live-in treatment program.

nounˈlɪvɪnˈlivin

informal

A person who shares another's living accommodations as a sexual partner or as an employee.
〈非正式〉作为性伴侣与他人同居者；住家雇员
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘These recipes have been tested on two husbands, five live-ins, 25 boyfriends and an undisclosed number of one-night stands,’ she said, laughing.
- Experts do observe that ‘life satisfaction’ is remarkably low for long-term live-ins.
- More employers are offering benefits to domestic partners: 25 percent of those surveyed currently provide benefits to opposite sex live-ins, and 16 percent offer benefits to same-sex partners.
- Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family.

单词	live-in
释义	Definition of live-in in English: live-in adjective 1attributive (of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house. （佣人等）寄住在雇主家的 a live-in housekeeper 住家管家。 Example sentencesExamples Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons. We should know a little about her, because that might spark the story and direct the plot, so let's say she is an orphan who lives with her aunt, who treats her as a live-in servant. Goldwater and his siblings grew up with a nurse, chauffeur and live-in maid. Most of our employees are live-in since we started the project against the corrupt officials. ‘She is like my daughter,’ say the owners of a live-in servant, who works up to 18 hours a day. Chapter 3 discusses agricultural workers hired as live-in servants and focuses on the East Riding of Yorkshire, one of the few places where the practice survived through the nineteenth century. Instead, she practised at home with a live-in teacher. The live-in maid was always called Miss Rix, as my mother did not like the use of Christian names. Employing a live-in servant was particularly important to distinguish the white-collar group, including civil servants, from that of the working class in Belgium. Substantial midday dinners and high teas were handed through the serving hatch by Jenny, my mother's live-in cook and general maid. Employers with live-in domestic workers could deduct 10 percent for accommodation, but only if it complied with the minimum standards set. Two weeks ago I decided, after numerous cardiac events, to take my live-in doctor's advice and cut caffeine out of my diet. It is surely part of their distinction, too, to have adapted to a live-in photographer with apparent ease and even grace. She employs a live-in maid, but otherwise lives alone. The Livermores purchased a home and hired a live-in servant to handle their domestic chores. For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted. In the two neighbourhoods surveyed, out of the 750 households on which information was gathered, thirty employed a live-in foreign domestic worker. It was not possible to select a random sample of live-in workers at each holiday centre due to difficulties in constructing a complete sampling frame of the target population. Her two brothers worked at a Spanish construction company and knew a friendly family who needed a live-in maid. Most vulnerable of all are live-in servants, isolated in their employers' homes. Synonyms living in 1.1 (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship. 与他人同居的 a live-in lover 同居的恋人。 Example sentencesExamples For the last two years I have been based in Pattaya and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time. But she has not always experienced joy in relationships with men; she knows the lifestyle of cohabitation after living with a man and experiencing the downfalls of a live-in relationship. Tim willingly takes the night shift at an adult video store but it takes a toll on his relationship with live-in girlfriend, Trish. The couple decide to try a live-in relationship, primarily platonic, though the boundaries soon dissipate. It's a commitment only - Brenda, and her live-in lover, Gerry, decided after months of living together, to formalise their arrangement. Prudie also guesses his head is not on straight, what with trying to maintain a relationship with a woman who already has a live-in lover. One thing led to another and the results appear to have been a live-in relationship and an abortion. His girlfriend had her share of ‘baggage,’ such as emotional problems and a low self-esteem having just come from another live-in relationship. However, survey after survey reveals that young people still believe in marriage - few are for live-in relationships. It is hardly surprising, in the circumstances, that there has been little public discussion about ways to reduce the tensions that accompany the break-up of a marriage or live-in relationship. In any case, the movie was interesting for me specifically because of the reason that I've just come out of a live-in relationship that lasted for roughly a year. Nevertheless, she seemed to find all the companionship she needed in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend. She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties. All of that fell by the wayside when I started living with one girlfriend or another - it's tough to balance a live-in relationship with prancing around the apartment in a robe with a dagger. The more I have thought about this, the more I have come to realise that there is in some respects very little difference in the reasons why marriages or live-in relationships might fail. The survey also shows that one in three live-in relationships lasts less than year and only one in 10 lasts longer than five years. It's a sad fact of modern marriage, or even just live-in relationships, that we reflect on a couple's longevity the minute they announce any intention to attempt long-term togetherness. So whether you're in a relationship where it's a live-in relationship, or whether you're married, you need to make sure you have some money in an account in your own name. I have been here for almost a year and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time. He had expressed a sexual interest but informed me that he was in the process of ending a live-in relationship. 1.2 Residential. 居住的，住宅的 a live-in treatment program 家庭医疗项目。 Example sentencesExamples For a woman addict, live-in treatment is only possible when she has no other family commitments. He is still on parole from his previous, so he has parole, he has probation and has to be in his live-in treatment program. According to her, the mail order bride industry can't be separated from Canada's live-in caregiver program, which offers women a chance to immigrate here if they work as a domestic for two years. noun informal A person who shares another's living accommodation as a sexual partner or as an employee. 〈非正式〉作为性伴侣与他人同居者；住家雇员 Example sentencesExamples More employers are offering benefits to domestic partners: 25 percent of those surveyed currently provide benefits to opposite sex live-ins, and 16 percent offer benefits to same-sex partners. Experts do observe that ‘life satisfaction’ is remarkably low for long-term live-ins. Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family. ‘These recipes have been tested on two husbands, five live-ins, 25 boyfriends and an undisclosed number of one-night stands,’ she said, laughing. Definition of live-in in US English: live-in adjectiveˈlɪvɪnˈlivin 1(of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house. （佣人等）寄住在雇主家的 a live-in housekeeper 住家管家。 Example sentencesExamples Employing a live-in servant was particularly important to distinguish the white-collar group, including civil servants, from that of the working class in Belgium. She employs a live-in maid, but otherwise lives alone. Substantial midday dinners and high teas were handed through the serving hatch by Jenny, my mother's live-in cook and general maid. Her two brothers worked at a Spanish construction company and knew a friendly family who needed a live-in maid. Chapter 3 discusses agricultural workers hired as live-in servants and focuses on the East Riding of Yorkshire, one of the few places where the practice survived through the nineteenth century. Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons. Goldwater and his siblings grew up with a nurse, chauffeur and live-in maid. It is surely part of their distinction, too, to have adapted to a live-in photographer with apparent ease and even grace. Most of our employees are live-in since we started the project against the corrupt officials. ‘She is like my daughter,’ say the owners of a live-in servant, who works up to 18 hours a day. It was not possible to select a random sample of live-in workers at each holiday centre due to difficulties in constructing a complete sampling frame of the target population. For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted. Two weeks ago I decided, after numerous cardiac events, to take my live-in doctor's advice and cut caffeine out of my diet. The Livermores purchased a home and hired a live-in servant to handle their domestic chores. The live-in maid was always called Miss Rix, as my mother did not like the use of Christian names. Instead, she practised at home with a live-in teacher. We should know a little about her, because that might spark the story and direct the plot, so let's say she is an orphan who lives with her aunt, who treats her as a live-in servant. Most vulnerable of all are live-in servants, isolated in their employers' homes. In the two neighbourhoods surveyed, out of the 750 households on which information was gathered, thirty employed a live-in foreign domestic worker. Employers with live-in domestic workers could deduct 10 percent for accommodation, but only if it complied with the minimum standards set. Synonyms living in 1.1 (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship. 与他人同居的 a live-in lover 同居的恋人。 Example sentencesExamples It is hardly surprising, in the circumstances, that there has been little public discussion about ways to reduce the tensions that accompany the break-up of a marriage or live-in relationship. However, survey after survey reveals that young people still believe in marriage - few are for live-in relationships. All of that fell by the wayside when I started living with one girlfriend or another - it's tough to balance a live-in relationship with prancing around the apartment in a robe with a dagger. The couple decide to try a live-in relationship, primarily platonic, though the boundaries soon dissipate. It's a sad fact of modern marriage, or even just live-in relationships, that we reflect on a couple's longevity the minute they announce any intention to attempt long-term togetherness. It's a commitment only - Brenda, and her live-in lover, Gerry, decided after months of living together, to formalise their arrangement. In any case, the movie was interesting for me specifically because of the reason that I've just come out of a live-in relationship that lasted for roughly a year. So whether you're in a relationship where it's a live-in relationship, or whether you're married, you need to make sure you have some money in an account in your own name. Nevertheless, she seemed to find all the companionship she needed in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend. Tim willingly takes the night shift at an adult video store but it takes a toll on his relationship with live-in girlfriend, Trish. She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties. His girlfriend had her share of ‘baggage,’ such as emotional problems and a low self-esteem having just come from another live-in relationship. I have been here for almost a year and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time. But she has not always experienced joy in relationships with men; she knows the lifestyle of cohabitation after living with a man and experiencing the downfalls of a live-in relationship. For the last two years I have been based in Pattaya and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time. One thing led to another and the results appear to have been a live-in relationship and an abortion. The survey also shows that one in three live-in relationships lasts less than year and only one in 10 lasts longer than five years. He had expressed a sexual interest but informed me that he was in the process of ending a live-in relationship. Prudie also guesses his head is not on straight, what with trying to maintain a relationship with a woman who already has a live-in lover. The more I have thought about this, the more I have come to realise that there is in some respects very little difference in the reasons why marriages or live-in relationships might fail. 1.2 Residential. 居住的，住宅的 a live-in treatment program 家庭医疗项目。 Example sentencesExamples According to her, the mail order bride industry can't be separated from Canada's live-in caregiver program, which offers women a chance to immigrate here if they work as a domestic for two years. For a woman addict, live-in treatment is only possible when she has no other family commitments. He is still on parole from his previous, so he has parole, he has probation and has to be in his live-in treatment program. nounˈlɪvɪnˈlivin informal A person who shares another's living accommodations as a sexual partner or as an employee. 〈非正式〉作为性伴侣与他人同居者；住家雇员 Example sentencesExamples ‘These recipes have been tested on two husbands, five live-ins, 25 boyfriends and an undisclosed number of one-night stands,’ she said, laughing. Experts do observe that ‘life satisfaction’ is remarkably low for long-term live-ins. More employers are offering benefits to domestic partners: 25 percent of those surveyed currently provide benefits to opposite sex live-ins, and 16 percent offer benefits to same-sex partners. Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family.
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