habitation

释义

• n. 居住；住所

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).

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。
• 2. Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses. 屋宇起平地，耕野生人烟。
• 3. They looked around for any signs of habitation. 他们四处寻找有人居住的迹象。
• 4. The housing was unfit for human habitation . 这种住房不适合居住。
• 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.