Tra từ living - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

liv·ing [living livings] adjective, noun BrE [ˈlɪvɪŋ] NAmE [ˈlɪvɪŋ]
adjective
1. alive now
•all living things
•living organisms
•the finest living pianist
2. only before noun used or practised now
•living languages (= those still spoken)
•a living faith
more at beat/knock the (living) daylights out of sb at ↑daylights, frighten/scare the (living) daylights out of sb at ↑daylights

Thesaurus:
living adj.
•one of our finest living musicians
live • • alive • |formal animate •
Opp: dead
a live/living animal/plant/bird
a live/living organism/creature
still living/alive
Living, alive or live? Alive is never used before a noun:
•all living things
✗ all alive things Living can be used after be but is not usually used after other linking verbs:
•She stole just to say alive.
✗ She stole just to stay living. Use living to talk about people/animals in a wide context:
•the finest living pianist (= out of all pianists alive today)
Use live to talk about a person or animals in a particular situation:
•I need to talk to a live person (= not a recorded message).

Example Bank:
•She taught us to show respect for all living things.
•The elephant is the biggest living land animal.
Idioms: ↑in living memory ▪ ↑living proof of that …

noun
1. countable, usually singular money to buy the things that you need in life
•She earns her living as a freelance journalist.
•to make a good/decent/meagre living
•What do you do for a living?
•to scrape/scratch a living from part-time tutoring
2. uncountable a way or style of life
•everyday living
•communal living
•plain living
•Their standard of living is very low.
•The cost of living has risen sharply.
•poor living conditions/standards
3. the livingplural people who are alive now
•the living and the dead
see land of the living at ↑land _n.
4. countable (BrE)(especially in the past) a position in the Church as a priest and the income and house that go with this
Syn: ↑benefice

Example Bank:
•He asked what I did for a living.
•He makes a good living as a builder.
•Her dream was to earn her living as a singer.
•She eked out a meagre living as an artist's model.
•Ten acres provides a decent living for a rural family.
•They were forced to scrape a living by selling things on the streets.
•Most homes for the elderly are based on communal living, with pensioners spending the daytime in a common space.
•The classes are about helping children make informed choices about healthy living.
•The prisoners' living conditions were appalling.
•We need to reconsider our daily living arrangements.