| 单词 | inhabit |
| 释义 | inhabit From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinhabitin‧hab‧it /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]LIVE SOMEWHEREif animals or people inhabit an area or place, they live there SYN liveThe woods are inhabited by many wild animals.inhabited islands► see thesaurus at live —inhabitable adjectiveRegisterInhabit is mainly used in formal or scientific contexts. In everyday English, people usually say someone lives in a place:Millions of people live in these shantytowns.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusinhabit• The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.• The site once was inhabited by the Ohlone Indians.• Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.Origin inhabit (1300-1400) Old French enhabiter, from Latin habitare; → HABITATION |
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