壽sau6命ming6

English

1. life span
2. lifespan; lifetime; age
3. life expectancy
4. lifetime (of a machine)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 人或生物可以生存幾耐，或者或者一樣嘢可以正常運作幾耐

Examples

• 平均壽命

  life expectancy; the average lifespan

• 延長壽命

  to prolong one's life

• 佢隻狗得返三個月壽命。

  His dog has only three months to live.

• 恆星嘅質量越大，壽命越短。

  The greater the mass of a star, the shorter its life.

• 慳電膽嘅壽命長過鎢絲燈膽唔少，有助保護環境。

  A CFL lasts longer than an incandescent bulb; this helps protect the environment.

• 越嚟越多人將佢哋鍾意嘅寵物克隆。 貓狗嘅壽命係有限嘅，所以佢哋有種想令佢哋持久嘅印象。 克隆嘅壽命其實仲短。

  Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

• 蝴蝶的寿命短。

  The life span of a butterfly is short.

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• 海龟的寿命很长。

  Sea turtles have a long lifespan.

  Tatoeba · Elliot2560 CC BY