habitation
英[hæbɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,hæbɪ'teʃən]
- n. 居住；住所
词态变化
复数: habitations;
英文词源
- habitation (n.)
- late 14c., "act or fact of dwelling;" also "place of lodging, abode," from Old French habitacion, abitacion "a dwelling; act of dwelling" (12c.) or directly from Latin habitationem (nominative habitatio) "a dwelling," noun of action from past participle stem of habitare "to inhabit, dwell" (see habitat).
双语例句
- 1. Our new habitation was an excavation made in the earth.
- 我们的新居是在地里挖出的一个洞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses.
- 屋宇起平地，耕野生人烟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They looked around for any signs of habitation.
- 他们四处寻找有人居住的迹象。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The housing was unfit for human habitation .
- 这种住房不适合居住。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The broken - down old house was not fit for human habitation.
- 这栋破烂的老房子不适合人居住.
来自《简明英汉词典》