英语词汇“inhabit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINinhabit

Origin:

1300-1400 Old French enhabiter, from Latin habitare; ➔ HABITATION

VERB TABLE

inhabit

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	inhabit
	he, she, it	inhabits
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	inhabited
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have inhabited
	he, she, it	has inhabited
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had inhabited
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will inhabit
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have inhabited

Continuous Form
Present	I	am inhabiting
	he, she, it	is inhabiting
	you, we, they	are inhabiting
Past	I, he, she, it	was inhabiting
	you, we, they	were inhabiting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been inhabiting
	he, she, it	has been inhabiting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been inhabiting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be inhabiting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been inhabiting

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.
The site once was inhabited by the Ohlone Indians.

THESAURUS► live

to have your home somewhere: · He lives with his parents.· Where do you live?· Do you like living in Tokyo?· Jo lives next to a busy road.· Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.· How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?· In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.

► be from/come from

use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live: · My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow.· The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.· ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’· The winner came from Australia.

► inhabit

if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there – used especially in written descriptions: · The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.· Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.

► reside

formal to live in a particular country, city etc: · She now resides in the US.· Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.· At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.· Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?· The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.

► grow up

to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager: · This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.· I grew up on a farm in South Africa.

Longman Language Activatorto live in a place► live

to have your home in a particular place: · Where do you live?live in: · Do you like living in Tokyo?· Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.· How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?live at: · In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.live at home (=to live in your parents' house): · Donald is 30 years old, but he still lives at home.live abroad (=live in a foreign country): · They lived abroad for several years but moved back when the children were school age.live in (=live at the place where you work or study) British: · Many students prefer to live in during their first year of study.

► be from

especially spoken use this to talk about the place where you live: · My name's Sharon and I'm from Harlow.· The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.· Where are you from?

► reside

formal to live in a country, city, or area - used in official contexts: reside in: · Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.· At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.reside at: · Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?reside abroad (=live in a foreign country): · The government bureau has prepared a booklet for U.S. citizens residing abroad.

► grow up

to live in a place during the time when you are a child: · This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.grow up in: · Margaret Hallworth was born in Manchester but grew up in North Wales.grow up on: · I grew up on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania.

► inhabit

if a group of people or animals inhabit an area of land, they live there, especially over a long period of time or permanently - used especially in reports and written contexts: · The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.· Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.

► be populated by

if an area of land is populated by a particular type of people or animals, they are the people or animals who live there: · This area of Antarctica is populated only by seals and penguins.be heavily populated by (=to have a large number of a particular group): · Mindanao is an island in the southern Philippines heavily populated by Muslims.

when a place has people living in it► inhabited

an area of land or a building that is inhabited has people living in it: · Only two of the islands are inhabited.· This tiny town has been an inhabited area for over 3,000 years.

► occupied

a building or room that is occupied has people living in it: · None of the flats is occupied - they've only just been built.

► populated

with people living there: · Bears are appearing more and more frequently in populated areasdensely/heavily populated (=having many people): · The north-east has always been more densely populated than the rest of the country.thinly/sparsely populated (=having few people): · French Guiana is a sparsely populated wilderness.

► residential area

an area where there are houses where people live: · The museum is about 6 blocks from downtown in a quiet residential area.· London's main airport is surrounded by densely populated residential areas.

► human habitation

formal use this about a place that humans live in or have lived in in the past: · The only sign of human habitation was a charred area where there had once been a fire.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► now

· A plurality of peoples now inhabit most places on this earth.· The last major eruption occurred 1, 100 years ago, when mudslides cascaded on to areas now inhabited by millions of people.

► only

· There would be no possibility of it in a non-spatial world, or in a spatial world inhabited only by non-spatial beings.· The land was inhabited only by sheep and rabbits, and the air was inhabited by birds.· The physics classroom had a spiral iron staircase leading from it to some region inhabited only by science masters.· Her house is in ruins now, covered with flowering weeds and inhabited only by seagulls.

NOUN► area

· I've no idea what sort of people inhabit the area.· They use an intricate formula to extrapolate how many are snakes inhabiting an area.· However, there is abundant anecdotal evidence of the effects of chemical pollution on the populations of small cetaceans inhabiting industrialised areas.· The eighteen-month bloodbath that ensued took place in inhabited areas, not in the hinterlands.

► body

· During the long weeks he dreams of being hunted, inhabiting the body of the beast he pursues.· Steve is annoyed and Amy furious at my glib suggestion that their late beloved Kiwi inhabits the body of a stranger cat.

► creature

· Sam is likely to play one of the childlike creatures who inhabit the earth 800 years in the future.· What is the largest air-breathing creature ever to inhabit the earth?· The creatures who inhabit it are cold and greedy and evil and corrupt.· Few creatures inhabit the ocean floor, where there is no light to sustain them.

► house

· And now they inhabited their house.

► island

· And I do not think that it means, as counsel argued, the individuals who inhabit these islands.· The greatest resistance to union came primarily from the Gaelic peoples who inhabited the largest separate island to the west, Ireland.· Although relatively few people inhabit the island, our small community is a constantly changing and very busy one.

► people

· I've no idea what sort of people inhabit the area.· The plainness of the rooms in this series makes an interesting counterpoint to the fanciful objects and people that inhabit them.· Our dramatispersonae are the people who inhabit these places and the people who speak about them in various public ways.· Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented?· In 1926, the year of his birth, 2 billion people inhabited this planet.· The people who inhabit this world are people like us, people who pass us in the street.· Although relatively few people inhabit the island, our small community is a constantly changing and very busy one.

► place

· Our dramatispersonae are the people who inhabit these places and the people who speak about them in various public ways.· A plurality of peoples now inhabit most places on this earth.· But new exquisite life can't inhabit such places.

► species

· Most polar lakes are highly oligotrophic, with clear waters and a very limited range of species inhabiting them.

► world

· There would be no possibility of it in a non-spatial world, or in a spatial world inhabited only by non-spatial beings.· But in the world inhabited by Noah Cross, truth does not so easily yield to surveillance.· It will become a virtual world that we inhabit as an observer or a participant.· Animism, the belief that the natural world is inhabited by spirits, is the driving force in Tuvan music.· That is the world inhabited by the hon. Gentleman.· It is clear that the destination of post-mortem existence was a world other than and different from the world human beings inhabit.· Reading such a text we are reminded that the world we inhabit is constructed, not given; constructed in language.· For much of its short history, the computer world was inhabited by a small circle of researchers, students and hobbyists.