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dwell

英 [dwel]

美 [dwel]

v.  居住; 栖身

过去分词:dwelt 第三人称单数:dwells 过去式:dwelt 现在分词:dwelling 

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同义词辨析

staydwellinhabitliveresidesettle【导航词义:居住】

stayv. 留宿,暂住
〔辨析〕
指到访或作客时短期居住。
〔例证〕
If you ever visit Moscow, you must come and stay with us.
你要是到莫斯科来,一定要到我们这里住住。
She told her husband not to wait up for her. She might stay the night with her aunt.
她告诉丈夫不要熬夜等她,她可能在她姑妈家过夜。
dwellv. 〈文,正式〉居住,栖身
〔辨析〕
指在某一地方居住。
〔例证〕
For ten years, she dwelt in the forest.
她在森林里生活了10年。
My parents dwell on the border of our country.
我的父母住在边疆。
inhabitv. 居住于(某地)
〔辨析〕
指人或动植物生活在某个地区,并已适应该地区的特殊环境。
〔例证〕
Fish inhabit the sea.
鱼栖息于海中。
They inhabit the tropical forests.
他们居住在热带森林中。
Over 100 species of plants inhabit the woods.
这片树林里生长着上百种植物。
livev. 居住
〔辨析〕
最普通用词,指人在某处生活或动植物在某地生长,时间可长可短。
〔例证〕
I have been living here since my childhood.
我打小就一直住在这里。
The Norwegians live in a comparatively cold zone.
挪威人生活在比较寒冷的地区。
These birds live on the island.
这些鸟生活在这座岛上。
residev. 〈正式〉居住,定居
〔辨析〕
指在某处居住,含合法、长久之意。
〔例证〕
Do you still reside at Elm Road?
你还住在埃尔姆路吗?
I plan to reside in Salt Lake City.
我打算在盐湖城定居。
You shall only reside at an address approved by your supervising officer.
你必须只在监管人员认可的地址居住。
settlev. 定居
〔辨析〕
指开始在某一国家、地区或城镇生活,通常不接具体的住所。
〔例证〕
They got married and settled near New York.
他们婚后定居在纽约附近。
He hoped to settle in this country.
他希望在这个国家定居下来。
After working abroad for years, he wants to settle in Vienna.
在国外工作多年后,他决定在维也纳定居下来。

短语用例

    dwell on/upon sth

    • 老是想着,唠叨(尤指最好应忘记的事)
      to think or talk a lot about sth, especially sth it would be better to forget
      1. For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America.
        她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。
    • 细看;凝视
      to look at sth for a long time

      牛津词典

        verb

        • 居住;栖身
          to live somewhere
          1. For ten years she dwelled among the nomads of North America.
            她在北美游牧民中生活了十年。

        柯林斯词典

        • VERB 沉湎于,唠叨,赘述(尤指令人不快的事)
          If youdwell onsomething, especially something unpleasant, you think, speak, or write about it a lot or for quite a long time.
          1. I'd rather not dwell on the past.
            我不想再沉湎于过去了。
        • VERB 居住;栖身
          If youdwellsomewhere, you live there.
          1. They are concerned for the fate of the forest and the Indians who dwell in it...
            他们为这片森林及居住于其中的印第安人的命运而担心。
          2. Shiva is a dark god; he dwells in the mountains and deserts.
            湿婆神匿影藏形于深山和沙漠之中。
        • See also:dwelling

        英英释义

        verb

        • think moodily or anxiously about something
            Synonym:brood
          1. come back to
            1. Don't dwell on the past
            2. She is always harping on the same old things
            Synonym:harp
          2. inhabit or live in
            1. People lived in Africa millions of years ago
            2. The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
            3. this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
            4. deer are populating the woods
            Synonym:populateliveinhabit
          3. originate (in)
            1. The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
            Synonym:consistlielie in
          4. exist or be situated within
            1. Strange notions inhabited her mind
            Synonym:inhabit

          双语例句

          • You can't control these thoughts but you can control whether you dwell on them.
            你无法控制这些想法,但你可以控制是否要沉溺在这些想法之中。
          • This is not too serious, so I won't dwell on it.
            这个问题并不太严重,在此就不再详述了。
          • It would be superfluous to dwell on the matter any more.
            不待赘言。
          • Our little heaven, where dwell only we two immortals, is too absurdly narrow.
            只住着我们两个仙人的小天堂,是狭小得太可笑了。
          • A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.
            许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
          • Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.
            又当为我造圣所,使我可以住在他们中间。
          • The process of densification was studied and the relationship between dwell time and density was established.
            深入探讨了复合陶瓷的致密化过程,建立了复合陶瓷的密度和烧结时间之间的理论关系。
          • Don't dwell on painful memories. it's not good for you.
            别沈溺在痛苦的回忆里。这对你没有好处。
          • We think of God as a deity to discuss, not a place to dwell.
            我们只把上帝视为可商量的神灵,而非居住的地方;
          • Here ye shall dwell as one of my children.
            在这里啊将作为我孩子的一居住。