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dwelling

/dwel-ing/US // ˈdwɛl ɪŋ //UK // (ˈdwɛlɪŋ) //

住所,寓所,住房,住处

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a building or place of shelter to live in; place of residence; abode; home.

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Examples

  • Don’t be fooled by its mysterious exterior—this cave dwelling feels like a luxury resort.

  • By printing the first apartment building on-site, we are demonstrating that this new technology can also be used to print large-scale dwelling units.

  • The teenager said he heard three rounds fired at the dwelling but did not phone 911.

  • In the Stone Age and even in recent history, cooking fires were more than just a heat source in our dwellings.

  • The largest and best known of the Mesa Verde’s native dwellings, Cliff Palace is a wonder to behold.

  • One role the desert-dwelling Bedouin and Berbers would be perfectly suited to is aiding the army in its frontier patrols.

  • But I reserve the distinction for gutter dwelling and otherwise abhorrent behavior to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

  • We tend to daydream all the time, speculating about the future and dwelling on the past.

  • If God exists, then God has (or had) a body and a dwelling place.

  • Others boast colorful tiles, captain windows to take in the vista, and fitted doors that give the appearance of a hobbit dwelling.

  • And Mr. Meadow Mouse often remarked that it had more halls than any other dwelling he had ever seen.

  • But dwelling means a special kind of structure—a building occupied by man—a place to live in.

  • Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.

  • Directors were to us junior clerks, remote personalities, mythical beings dwelling on Olympian heights.

  • And everything else is certainly in keeping with our dwelling and our vocation in life, that is, poverty.