| 单词 | habitation |
| 释义 | habitation (once / 657 pages) n Habitation is the state of living somewhere. When an area has no human habitation, it means that no people live there. Use the noun habitation to talk about the place where a person or animal lives, or the process or act of living in a specific spot. You can say that your family's habitation in Oregon lasted for five years, although it's more common to talk in a general way about habitation. The habitation of wolves in the American west, for example, has increased recently. The Latin root is habitationem, "act of dwelling," which comes from habitare, "to live or to dwell." WORD FAMILYhabitation: habitations USAGE EXAMPLESNearly 85 percent were sleeping in places not meant for human habitation, like apartment laundry rooms, abandoned porches or their cars. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) To keep his insurance policy, he scheduled meetings with agents at restaurants instead of a structure deemed unfit for habitation. Washington Times(Dec 09, 2016) Gallo said the neighborhood was once an industrial zone and that many warehouses and vacant commercial buildings unfit for habitation remain. Time(Dec 05, 2016) 1n the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) Syn|Hypo|Hyper inhabitancy, inhabitation cohabitation the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married) bivouacking, camping, encampment, tentingthe act of encamping and living in tents in a camp concubinagecohabitation without being legally married occupancy, tenancy an act of being a tenant or occupant 2n the native habitat or home of an animal or plant Hypo|Hyper aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry any habitation at a high altitude den, lairthe habitation of wild animals habitat, home ground the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs 3n housing that someone is living in Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, home Alhambra a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages Lateran Palacea palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century Tuileries Palacepalace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens Vatican Palacethe residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City Palace of Versaillesa palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles White Housethe government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States Buckingham Palacethe London residence of the British sovereign Mount Vernonthe former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river cliff dwelling a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff condo, condominiumone of the dwelling units in a condominium fixer-uppera house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) fireside, hearthhome symbolized as a part of the fireplace hermitagethe abode of a hermit homesteaddwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land housea dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families lake dwelling, pile dwellingdwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages indian lodge, lodgeany of various Native American dwellings messuage(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household semi-detached housea dwelling that is attached to something on only one side vacation homea dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation yurta circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing beach housea house built on or near a beach boarding house, boardinghousea private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests bungalow, cottagea small house with a single story cabina small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area chaleta Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style chapterhouse, frat house, fraternity housea house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity country housea house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country detached house, single dwellinga house that stands alone doll's house, dollhousea house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything duplex, duplex house, semidetached housea house with two units sharing a common wall farmhousehouse for a farmer and family gatehousea house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence guesthousea house separate from the main house; for housing guests haciendathe main house on a ranch or large estate hogana Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east hunting lodge, lodgea small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter lodging house, rooming housea house where rooms are rented maisonette, maisonnettea small house hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residencea large and imposing house ranch housea one story house with a low pitched roof residencethe official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) row house, town housea house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls safe housea house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations saltboxa type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind adobe house, sod house, soddya house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses solar housea house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials teepee, tepee, tipia Native American tent; usually of conical shape tract houseone of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land villadetached or semidetached suburban house wickiup, wikiupa lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States wigwama Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides housing, living accommodations, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed |
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