单词 | habitation |
释义 | habitationn. 1. The action of dwelling in or inhabiting as a place of residence; occupancy by inhabitants. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] wonningc960 bewistc1200 livingc1350 lodging1362 habitationc1374 indwellinga1382 dwellingc1384 inhabitinga1400 bidingc1400 inhabitationc1400 residencec1405 mansiona1425 winningc1425 demur1444 abodec1450 resianty1467 demurrance1509 resiance1566 place-being1567 residency1579 resiancy1580 commorancy1586 residing1587 inhabitance1588 abodement1592 commorance1594 habit1603 commoration1623 inwoning1647 inhabitancy1681 habitancy1792 domicile1835 occupying1849 abidal1850 tenancy1856 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) ii. pr. vii. 44 A ryht streyt place to the habytasyoun of men. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 226 He was out cast of mannes compaignye With asses was his habitacioun. c1410 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 137 The habitacion Of the holy goost..Be in myn herte. 1568 Grafton (title) A Chronicle..deduced from the Creation of the Worlde, unto the first habitation of thys Islande. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 622 Every Starr perhaps a World Of destind habitation . View more context for this quotation 1757 G. Shelvocke, Jr. Shelvocke's Voy. round World (ed. 2) ii. 55 Excepting the plantations, and places of habitation. 1897 Daily Chron. 1 Feb. 7/4 The premises to be closed..until they were made fit for human habitation. 2. concrete. a. A place of abode or residence: either the region or country inhabited, or (now more usually) a house, cave, or other particular dwelling-place of a person or animal. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] resteOE worthineeOE settlea900 wickc900 houseOE erdinga1000 teld-stedec1000 wonningc1000 innOE bewistc1200 setnessc1200 wanea1225 i-holda1250 wonec1275 wunselec1275 wonning-place1303 bigginga1325 wonning-stede1338 tabernaclea1340 siegec1374 dwelling-placec1380 lodgingc1380 seea1382 tabernaclea1382 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 arresta1400 bowerc1400 wonning-wanec1400 lengingc1420 tenementc1425 tentc1430 abiding placea1450 mansion place1473 domicile1477 lendingc1480 inhabitance1482 biding-place?1520 seat1535 abode1549 remainingc1550 soil1555 household1585 mansion-seata1586 residing1587 habitance1590 fixation1614 situation?1615 commoratorya1641 haft1785 location1795 fanea1839 inhabitancy1853 habitat1854 occupancy1864 nivas1914 downsetting1927 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun] earneOE wickc900 bottleeOE innOE boldOE wonningc1000 wanea1225 wonea1250 bidea1300 dwelling1340 habitaculec1374 habitaclec1384 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 placea1387 manantie?a1400 dungeonc1460 longhousec1460 folda1500 residencea1522 abode1549 bield1570 lodgement1598 bidinga1600 sit-house1743 location1795 wigwam1817 address1855 yard1865 res1882 nivas1914 multifamily1952 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds i. 20 The habitacioun [a1425 L.V. abitacioun] of him be maad desert, and be there not that dwellith in it. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 94 Hit pleseth me right wele that this noble countre be your habitacion. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 129 Whether the most habitations of the Citie be on high above the alture of the wals. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 67 They had no Cities, nor setled Habitations, but liv'd in Woods. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 138 These indeed, seem'd to have been the habitation of some Animal. 1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 184 The Habitations of the Indians (which we call Cabbins or Tents) are sufficiently wretched. 1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 129 The nearest habitation to ours was situated about a mile and a half off. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. iii. 246 To render the planet a comfortable habitation for beings constituted like ourselves. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > synagogue > [noun] synagoguec1175 habitation1535 temple1598 church1727 shul1816 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. vii. A Whan Moses had set vp the Habitacion and anoynted it, and sanctifyed it. 3. The name adopted for local branches of the ‘Primrose League’, a political association established in 1883. (Said to have been suggested by that of ‘lodge’, used by Masonic societies; cf. also ‘tent’, ‘grove’, and the like, similarly used.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British political associations > [noun] > Primrose League > local branch of habitation1885 1885 Primrose League 13 As a Diploma is issued to every Member, Habitations must be careful to send in the Declarations of every Knight, Dame, or Associate to the Registrar for enrolment. 1892 Primrose League in Albemarle Rev. Jan. 11 The first Habitation started was for the district of the Strand. 1892 Primrose League in Albemarle Rev. Jan. 13 In drawing up the rules it was sought..to give the affair rather a Masonic character..Accordingly the local committee was called a Habitation. 1895 Times 15 Nov. 6/1 A meeting of the Arthur Balfour Habitation of the Primrose League. 4. A settlement. [After French habitation.] ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > colony colonyc1550 habitation1555 plantation1609 settlement1697 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde sig. biiij The interpretacion of certeyne woordes... Colonie, an habitacion. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. ii. 9 In Europe, we speak of settlements, either in a more general sense than colonies, or as included within colonies. The French call them Habitations.] 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. i. i. 101 From Simon's to the great fall there are five habitations of the Indians..These habitations consist of from four to eight huts situated on about an acre of ground. Compounds habitation name n. a place-name in which at least one of the elements denotes an inhabited place. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name place name1772 habitation name1936 toponym1939 1936 Oxf. Dict. Eng. Place-names p. xv Near habitation-names stand names that originally denoted a pasture-ground or a shelter for the protection of animals, a cowhouse, a cattle-fold, etc. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. i. 9 There are more British habitation names in the region. habitation site n. Archaeology a site where there has been a settlement. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > site of or for (a) building(s) > prehistoric terp1866 terramare1866 habitation site1925 1925 Antiquaries Jrnl. Apr. 182 The author has more leisure to examine Meare, a similar habitation-site three miles distant. 1942 Oxoniensia 7 106 The B-beaker and neolithic sherds were drift-sherds from one of the many habitation-sites..in the neighbourhood. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. i. 15 This is not to deny the possibility of continuity in habitation sites at places such as London or York. 1971 World Archaeol. 3 141 Some of the shelters may have been habitation sites in the past. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1374 |
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