Inhabit
[ɪn'hæbɪt]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.
(v. i.) To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
埃菲編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Occupy, dwell in, live in, reside in.
v. n. Dwell, reside, sojourn, live, abide.
博妮塔校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Tenant, colonize, settle, dwell_in, reside_in, live_in, occupy
ANT:Abandon, forsake, migrate
丹尼斯校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to dwell in: to occupy.—v.i. (Shak.) to dwell.—adj. Inhab′itable that may be inhabited.—ns. Inhab′itance Inhab′itancy the act of inhabiting: actual residence; Inhab′itant one who inhabits: a resident.—adj. resident.—ns. Inhabitā′tion the act of inhabiting: dwelling-place: (Milt.) population; Inhab′iter (B.) an inhabitant; Inhab′itiveness love of locality and home; Inhab′itress a female inhabitant.
休整理
例句/造句/用法:
- I will tell you, then, in a few words the character of the three men who inhabit these rooms. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Like Homer, he is said to be buried in many other places, but this is the only true and genuine place his ashes inhabit. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- They were popularly supposed to inhabit the lesser moon, from which they descended upon Barsoom at long intervals. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Who can follow an animal which can traverse the sea of ice, and inhabit caves and dens, where no man would venture to intrude? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- We live in an ocean of air as truly as fish inhabit an ocean of water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- What a place is this that you inhabit, my son! 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- It is well known that several animals, belonging to the most different classes, which inhabit the caves of Carniola and Kentucky, are blind. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- My first visit would be to my sister, who inhabited a little cottage, a part of Adrian's gift, on the borders of Windsor Forest. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- In pursuance of this idea, he pushed open the door gently--but the room was inhabited. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And by the great armies suddenly raised in that small territory they inhabited, it appears to have been very full of people. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- But in countries almost waste, or but thinly inhabited, cattle, poultry, game of all kinds, etc. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Some of them might have inhabited that very cell--sat upon that very spot. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- They were on the upper floor, and from our window we could command a view of the avenue gate, and of the inhabited wing of Stoke Moran Manor House. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- How often did I wish, added he, when I was at Allenham this time twelvemonth, that Barton cottage were inhabited! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- He only knew that there was a dark place, and something inhabiting this darkness which issued from time to time and rent him. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- We see the same principle in the character of most of the blind animals inhabiting the caves of America and of Europe. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- They involve interdependencies and cooperation among the peoples inhabiting different countries. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- If the plants inhabiting a country as described in any Flora, be divided into two equal masses, all those in the larger genera (i. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- For the three first days of our inhabiting this garret, we really ran the risk of being starved, as it was impossible to procure any attendance. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The different orders of insects inhabiting Madeira present nearly parallel cases. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Artists and mechanics, inhabiting and working in open towns. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- But Dr. Gunther has lately shown that the Galaxias attenuatus inhabits Tasmania, New Zealand, the Falkland Islands and the mainland of South America. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- One of the most interesting of the spider race is the trap-door spider which inhabits warm countries all over the earth. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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