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住处

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dwelling \Dwell"ing\, n.
   Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode;
   domicile.

         Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.   --Jer. xlix.
                                                  33.

         God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men.
                                                  --Milton.

         Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. --Tennyson.

   {Dwelling house}, a house intended to be occupied as a
      residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other
      building.

   {Dwelling place}, place of residence.

Dwell \Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted
   into {Dwelt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen,
   dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder,
   delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry,
   Sw. dv["a]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[ae]le to linger, and to E.
   dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.]
   1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]

   2. To abide; to remain; to continue.

            I 'll rather dwell in my necessity.   --Shak.

            Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
      in a place; to reside.

            The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
            possessions.                          --Peacham.

            The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
            hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J.
                                                  Smith.

   {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
      ``My hopes in heaven to dwell.'' --Shak.

   {To dwell on} or {upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain
      absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell
      upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.

            They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and
            language, fixed in amazement.         --Buckminster.

   Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue;
        stay; rest.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dwelling
     n : housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
         dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
         homes for the homeless" [syn: {home}, {domicile}, {abode},
          {habitation}, {dwelling house}]