核心畫面

One way to hold this word: someone whose bag is already in the house. The two tell you that a person is not going home at the end of the day, because this is where they sleep. Every use turns on that one fact, and on what it costs: no rent and no journey, but also no line between working and being at home, or between dating and sharing a home. The source records the word simply as live + in, and the sound follows the verb — /lɪv/, not /laɪv/.

可以想成一個人的行李已經在這間屋子裡拆開了。這兩個音節告訴你:他不會在一天結束時回家,因為這裡就是他睡覺的地方。所有更多收起可以想成一個人的行李已經在這間屋子裡拆開了。這兩個音節告訴你:他不會在一天結束時回家,因為這裡就是他睡覺的地方。所有用法都繞著這件事,以及它的代價:不用付房租、不用通勤,但也沒有「下班」和「在家」的界線,或「交往」和「住一起」的界線。來源的詞源就寫 live + in,讀音也跟著動詞走,是 /lɪv/,不是 /laɪv/。

From the word’s history

The source's etymology tree gives the word simply as live + in.

來源的詞源樹把這個字直接記為 live + in(住+在裡面),現代用法就是這個組合搬到名詞前面的結果。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract, live-in): "From live + in."

Two branches

住進工作的地方

行李拆在雇主家:工作和住處是同一個地方,所以省了房租,也失去了下班的界線。

adjective · B2

Used before a job word to say that the person lives in the home of the family they work for — for example a live-in nanny or a live-in carer.

住在雇主家的

住在一起的伴侶

一樣是行李已經拆在這裡,只是這次的關係不是雇用,而是伴侶;這個字負責說出「住一起、但沒結婚」。

adjective · B2

Used before words like boyfriend, girlfriend or partner to say that two people share a home but are not married to each other.

同居的(伴侶)