单词 | abode |
释义 | abode (əboʊd ) Word forms: abodes 1. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] Your abode is the place where you live. [formal] I went round the streets and found his new abode. Synonyms: home, house, quarters, lodging 2. no fixed abode phrase If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless. [law] They have no fixed abode and live outside the constraints of ordinary society. 3. right of abode phrase [oft PHR in n] If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there. [law] Outsiders who wed islanders are given only three years' right of abode at first. Collocations: humble abode There's a more humble abode just a portcullis rattle away. Times, Sunday Times It's a good time to buy more humble abodes, too, as the island starts to climb out of the trough caused by the 2008 crisis. Times, Sunday Times It was used for grand palace halls, multi-story towers, multi-story residential halls, and humble abodes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Heidi loved to sit there, and as soon as she had entered their new abode, she began to examine the pictures. Heidi (1881) One said he was going to live in the woods - another gave a park bench as his new abode. The Sun (2007) I hired eight strong men to rip the guts out of my new abode. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I think he wanted to use them in his new abode. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Humphrey and Edward accompanied them to their new abode. The Children of the New Forest (1847) |
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