1. 居住 Habitation is the activity of living somewhere.
e.g. The recent survey found that 20 per cent of private-rented dwellings are unfit for human habitation... 最近的調查發(fā)現,20%的私人租住房屋并不適合人居住。 e.g. Signs of habitation appeared and the fields gave way to houses. 屋宇起平地,耕野生人煙。
2. 住處;住所;聚居地 A habitation is a place where people live.
e.g. Behind the habitations, the sandstone cliffs rose abruptly to the north and west. 在居住區后面,北邊和西邊陡然高聳著(zhù)砂巖懸崖。
habitation英英釋義
noun
1. the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
e.g. he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony
Synonym: inhabitancyinhabitation
2. housing that someone is living in
e.g. he built a modest dwelling near the pond they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
Synonym: dwellinghomedomicileabodedwelling house
3. the native habitat or home of an animal or plant