英汉词典

inhabit 基本解释

vt.

居住；在…出现；填满；

vi.

居住；

变形

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

双语释义

v.(动词)vt. 居住于,栖居于 (especially of animals or large groups of people) live in

英英释义

inhabit[ in'hæbit ]

v.inhabit or live in

"The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"

同义词：dwelllive

be present in; be inside of

同义词：occupy

inhabit 相关例句

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• inhabit caves〔trees〕栖息在洞〔树〕中

～+副词

• inhabit thickly〔thinly〕人口稠密〔稀少〕

同近义词辨析

dwell, inhabit, reside, settle, lodge, live

这组词都有“居住、定居”的意思，其区别是：

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。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. 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。
2. Wookiees inhabit the upper levels of the forest, having built their massive cities within the interwoven canopy.
   伍基人占据了树林的上层，并在交织的树冠上建造了巨大的城市。
3. Under Forman's tutelage, actors fully inhabit their roles, the hospital becomes an evil institution, and the movie poignantly celebrates the human spirit.
   根据福尔曼的指导，演员完全占据自己的角色，医院成为一个邪恶的机构，和电影尖锐地庆祝人类的精神。
4. Many types of seabirds inhabit the coral island.
   这个珊瑚岛上栖息着很多种海鸟。
5. Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.
   啄木鸟栖息在中空的树中。

权威例句

American pikas inhabit low-elevation sites outside the species' previously described bioclimatic envelope.
The Fishes of India: Being a Natural History of the Fishes Known to Inhabit the Seas and Fresh Waters of India, Burma & Ceylon
Oxalobacter formigenes gen. nov., sp. nov.: oxalate-degrading anaerobes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract.
Parsing the late positive complex: mental chronometry and the ERP components that inhabit the neighborhood of the P300.
Diverse microbial communities inhabit Antarctic sponges.
Systematics and the Impact of Invasive Fungi on Agriculture in the United StatesKnowledge of the systematics of plant-inhabiting fun...
Marine-influenced microbial communities inhabit terrestrial hot springs on a remote island volcano.
Feeding and Burrowing Behaviors of Juvenile Rainbow Mussels, Villosa iris (Bivalvia:Unionidae)
The Gutenberg Galaxy:
Oxalobacter formigenes gen. nov., sp. nov.: oxalate