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单词 abode
释义
abode1 nounabode2 verb
abodea‧bode1 /əˈbəʊd $ əˈboʊd/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINabode1
Origin:
1200-1300 abide
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And, it causes ice dams on a few unfortunate abodes.
  • It was an abode of perfect blessedness.
  • It was in some contrast to Jansher's abode in nearby Peshawar, but Mehboob and his family were happy.
  • The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.
  • The poets did not care to linger in that gloom-hidden abode.
  • Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.· Consider too the vulnerability of the homeless person with no fixed abode.· Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.· Stephen Leach, 35, of no fixed abode, said nothing during the brief hearing before Liverpool magistrates.· For life here is junkie, is hooker is single-parent, is no fixed abode.· Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
· To think that a man of so many millions should visit our humble abode.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • That is six times the number to be offered the right of abode in the government's package.
  • The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.
  • This would have allowed the right of abode to all citizens in any part of the country.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
  • I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
  • Welcome to our humble abode.
1formal someone’s home – sometimes used humorously:  Welcome to my humble abode. a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)2right of abode law the right to live in a country
abode1 nounabode2 verb
abodeabode2 verb Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
  • I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
  • Welcome to our humble abode.
the past tense of abide
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