inhabit
verb /ɪnˈhæbɪt/
/ɪnˈhæbɪt/
(formal)Word Family
- inhabit verb
- habitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabited adjective (≠ uninhabited)
- inhabitant noun
- habitation noun
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they inhabit | /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ |
| he / she / it inhabits | /ɪnˈhæbɪts/ /ɪnˈhæbɪts/ |
| past simple inhabited | /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inhabited | /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inhabiting | /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪŋ/ |
- inhabit something to live in a particular place
居住在；栖居于 - Some of the rare species that inhabit the area are under threat.
栖息在这个地区的一些珍稀物种正面临威胁。 - He reflected on what a strange world Stephen and Veronica inhabited.
他思考着斯蒂芬和维罗妮卡生活在一个多么奇怪的世界里。
Collocations DictionaryInhabit is used with these nouns as the subject:- population
- area
- character
- earth
- …
词源late Middle English inhabite, enhabite, from Old French enhabiter or Latin inhabitare, from in- ‘in’ + habitare ‘dwell’ (from habere ‘have’). - Some of the rare species that inhabit the area are under threat.