habitation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/    美 /ˌhæb.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/|/ˌhæb.ɪˈtæɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. uncountable
    — And there have been Common-wealths that having no more Territory, than hath served them for habitation, have neverthelesse, not onely maintained, but also encreased their Power, partly by the labour of trading from one place to another, and partly by selling the Manifactures, whereof the Materials were brought in from other places.
  2. A farm, ranch or plantation. Louisiana
  3. A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house. countable
    — And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
  4. A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League. countable,uncountable

词形变化

habitations plural habitations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
habitational

词源

词源 1
From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Louisiana French habitationbor.
English habitation
Borrowed from Louisiana French habitation.
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