habitation
英 [ˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌhæbɪˈteʃən]

n.

居住；住宅，家；

变形

复数：habitations

英英释义

habitation[ ,hæbi'teiʃən ]

• n.
  • the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
  • housing that someone is living in

    同义词：dwellinghomedomicileabodedwelling house

  • the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

    "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

    同义词：inhabitancyinhabitation

同近义词辨析

home, building, residence, shelter, dwelling, habitation, house

这组词都有“居住处”的意思，其区别是：

home指永久住家时，带有家庭所特有的温暖、情感等气息。

building泛指一切建筑物，不限于居住的房子。

residence指大而堂皇的寓所或公馆，也指法律上的居住点。

shelter可指长期或临时的住处，也指简陋或临时搭建的躲避风雨的场所。

dwelling正式用词，仅指人们居住的任何建筑物。

habitation指长久或固定的住所或居住地。

house中性词，泛指一切供居住的建筑物，尤指适合一家一户居住的房屋。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The nomads have no habitation.
   游牧者没有定居处。
2. This house is unfit for human habitation.
   这所房子不适合人居住。
3. In this place ten miles around there is no signs of human habitation.
   在这地方方圆十英里内杳无人烟。
4. She was not without a settled habitation of her own.
   她并不是没有自己的固定住所。
5. On these vast plains there was not a single human habitation.
   在这些大平原上，没有一处人的住所。

权威例句

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L’habitation d’une famille bédouine en Syrie : une étude d’anthropologie filmique
Living on the Edge: Pre-Columbian Habitation of the Desert Periphery of the Chicama Valley, Perú
Microbial Characterization during the Early Habitation of the International Space Station
Long-term retention of the habitation of lick suppression, and startle response produced by a single auditory stimulus
Gregariousness and sociality in spiny lobsters: implications for den habitation
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BOTANICAL BRIEFING Fire, Forest Regeneration and Links with Early Human Habitation: Evidence from New Zealand ☆
Understanding Social Complexity Within the Wildland–Urban Interface: A New Species of Human Habitation?
Landlord and Tenant. Landlord's Implied Obligation to Keep House Fit for Habitation. Notice by Tenant Required. Housing Act, 1936, s...