短语搭配
双语例句
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Sea lions inhabit the coastal waters.
海狮居住在沿海水域中
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They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.
他们居住在建在水中木桩上的芦苇草屋里。
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A variety of seabirds and shorebirds inhabit the islands, including the endangered brown pelican, least tern, and piping plover.
岛上栖息着各种各样的海鸟和滨鸟,包括濒危的褐鹈鹕、最小燕鸥和笛鸻。
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It is redder than the feet of the doves who inhabit the temples and are fed by the priests.
它要比起那些住在神庙里由祭司们喂养的鸽子的脚还要红。
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The Baule people inhabit the Central Ivory Coast.
包勒族人居住在象牙海岸中部。
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I began to inhabit the air and silence.
它悬在了寂静的半空中。
近义词
vi.
belongroomharborlivedwell
词根词缀
habit
拥有, 占据, 居住
habit
同根词
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habitation
n. 居住;家;住处;居住地
同根词
词根 inhabit
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inhabited
adj. 有人居住的 v. 占据(inhabit的过去分词);居住于
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inhabitable
adj. 适于居住的;可居住的,可栖居的
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inhabitant
n. 居民;居住者
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inhabitancy
n. 居住,住所;有人居住的状态
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inhabitation
n. 居住;栖息
单词辨析
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居住;定居
dwell文学上的用词,口语中通常用live代替。
inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
reside书面用词,指合法的永久性居住,也指在豪华的住宅里居住。
settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。
lodge指短时间或临时住宿。
live最普通用词,指固定的居住,可以是长期的,也可以是临时的。
百科
1. inhabit,英语单词,动词,译为“栖息;居住于;占据,(古)居住”。
释义
v.
(of a person, animal, or group)live in or occupy (a place or environment)
(人,动物,群体)居住于;栖息于
词源
"late Middle English inhabite, enhabite, from Old French enhabiter or Latin inhabitare, from in- ‘in' + habitare ‘dwell' (from habere ‘have’)."