inhabit

英 [ɪn'hæbɪt] 美[ɪn'hæbɪt]
  • vt. 栖息;居住于;占据
  • vi. (古)居住;栖息

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词态变化


第三人称单数: inhabits;过去式: inhabited;过去分词: inhabited;现在分词: inhabiting;

中文词源


inhabit 居住,栖息

in-,进入,使,-habit,持有,握住,词源同habitable,habitat.引申词义居住,栖息。

英英释意


1. make one's home or live in;
"She resides officially in Iceland"
"I live in a 200-year old house"
"These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"
"The plains are sparsely populated"
2. be present in; be inside of

英文词源


inhabit
inhabit: see habit
inhabit (v.)
late 14c., from Old French enhabiter "dwell in" (12c.), from Latin inhabitare "to dwell in," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + habitare "to dwell," frequentative of habere "hold, have" (see habit (n.)). Related: Inhabited; inhabiting.

同义词辨析


dwell, reside, live, lodge, inhabit, settle

这些动词均有"居住,定居"之意。

dwell: 文学上的用词,口语中通常用live代替。

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。

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。

lodge: 指短时间或临时住宿。

inhabit: 强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。

settle: 侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。

考试真题


Even American newspapers, which inhabit the most troubled corner of the global industry, have not only survived but often returned to profit.

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Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them.

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实用场景例句


some of the rare species that inhabit the area
生活在这个地区的一些罕见物种

牛津词典

The valley is inhabited by the Dani tribe.
山谷里居住着达尼部落。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the people who inhabit these islands.
居住在这些岛上的人们

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Sweet memories inhabit this house.
甜蜜的回忆依然留在这所房子中.

期刊摘选

The birds typically choose large, older trees for nesting and usually inhabit a tree hole.
鸟类通常选择大型, 老年树筑巢,通常栖息树孔.

期刊摘选

Wild tribes still inhabit part of the Philippines.
菲律宾部分地区仍然居住着一些原始部落.

《简明英汉词典》

The carcass of calf killed by the jaguars that inhabit the native forest bordering a ranch.
紧邻牧场的原始森林内栖息的美洲虎袭击,小牛陈尸野外.

期刊摘选

Such mammals as dolphins, whales, seals inhabit the sea.
像海豚 、 鲸鱼 、 海豹一类哺乳动物均栖息于大海之中.

期刊摘选

So it is possible for all of us to inhabit all of the circles.
所以,我们大家都栖居于这三圈之内是可能的.

期刊摘选

Broadly, we investigate the world's lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them.
宽广地, 我们调查世界的湖和河和居住于他们的人.

期刊摘选

Many types of seabirds inhabit the coral island.
这个珊瑚岛上栖息着很多种海鸟.

期刊摘选

Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.
啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中.

《简明英汉词典》

Thoughts inhabit his mind.
各种思想占据了他的心灵.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Biting endlessly the life tree, which is for our temporary inhabit.
不停地正用力咬着我们暂时栖身的生活之树.

期刊摘选

Only rare birds and animals inhabit this remote island.
这个偏远的岛屿上只有一些珍禽异兽.

期刊摘选

However , the Inuit peoples who inhabit the island generally live at coastal trading posts.
岛上居住的因纽特人的生计基本上来源于海边的贸易点.

期刊摘选

Ma Shan , precious jade hill is Guizhou minority inhabit a region extremely deficient area.
麻山 、 瑶山是贵州少数民族聚居的极贫地区.

期刊摘选

It is the ideal of everyone and the ultimate feeling of Wasin to inhabit poetically.
诗意地栖居,是每个人的理想,也是华成人的终极情怀.

期刊摘选

They inhabit the tropical forests.
他们居住在热带森林中.

辞典例句

Penguins inhabit the polar regions.
企鹅生活在极地区域.

期刊摘选

They only look as if they inhabit our galaxy.
他们仅仅看起来好像他们居住在我们的银河系.

期刊摘选

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language.
人不居住在城市中, 人居住在语言里.

期刊摘选

Some tribes still inhabit the remote mountains and jungles of the country.
一些部落仍然住在这个国家一些遥远的山区和森林里.

期刊摘选

Since only two people currently inhabit our apartment, suspicion immediately fell my way.
我们的公寓中仅住着两个人, 我立即成为怀疑对象.

期刊摘选

Thoughts inhabit the mind.
思想寓于心灵.

期刊摘选

Witticisms, maxims, dicta, proverbs, and aphorisms each inhabit a different world.
妙语 、 座右铭 、 名言 、 谚语及格言等各自展现不同领域.

期刊摘选

They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.
他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。

辞典例句

Woodpeckers inhabit in hollow trees.
啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中。

辞典例句