| 释义 |
Definition of inhabitant in English: inhabitantnoun ɪnˈhabɪt(ə)ntɪnˈhæbədnt 1A person or animal that lives in or occupies a place. 居民，住户；栖居的动物 Example sentencesExamples - The island's inhabitants made it clear that they did not want to destroy a way of life that has existed for centuries.
- Each island has its own distinctive Creole in which its inhabitants take pride.
- They will be judged on the cheerful disposition of their inhabitants.
- I knew everything there was to know about the surrounding countryside and its inhabitants.
- Most of the inhabitants of the countryside were, in a very general sense of the word, peasants.
- The future inhabitants of these homes are entitled to a properly planned community.
- The inhabitants of the Western Isles are still campaigning to have them returned.
- The island's original inhabitants probably came across Bass Strait during a period of low sea level.
- Fluttering inhabitants occupy birdcages at either side of the porch.
- The Picts are probably the oldest native inhabitants of Britain, yet almost nothing is known about them.
- Most of the island's inhabitants were evacuated, but the volcano continues to shower the rest with ash.
- Most inhabitants of the islands engaged in basic agriculture and lived very simply.
- A number of revues, plays and cabaret evenings keep the Arctic inhabitants occupied.
- Mercury thereby gets into the food chain and jeopardizes the health of northern inhabitants.
- Such longevity is incomprehensible to an inhabitant of a country which hasn't even been around that long!
- None of the inhabitants owns any land on the islands and the houses in which they live are the property of the owners.
- We follow their journey to the tiny island of Muck, with 30 inhabitants, no shops and no road rage.
- You are looking at a newly industrialized country, whose inhabitants have money to spend.
- It's important to get the names of the various bits of our British islands and their inhabitants right.
- Before distribution of nets, inhabitants were educated about the proper use of nets.
Synonyms resident, occupant, occupier, dweller, settler local, native (inhabitants), population, populace, people, public, community, citizenry, folk, townsfolk, townspeople humorous denizen, burgher rare residentiary, habitant, oppidan, indweller - 1.1US A person who fulfils the residential or legal requirements for being a member of a state or parish.
〈美〉取得（州，教区）居住权的人 Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, the trust is not for the inhabitants of a parish or district, but only for some of such persons.
- He therefore proposed that the land and all wealth from it should be held communally by the inhabitants of each parish.
- The only limits set by the Constitution for House members are that they be at least 25 years old, U.S. citizens and an inhabitant of the state from which they are elected.
Synonyms resident, occupant, occupier, dweller, settler
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin inhabitare 'inhabit'. Definition of inhabitant in US English: inhabitantnouninˈhabədntɪnˈhæbədnt 1A person or animal that lives in or occupies a place. 居民，住户；栖居的动物 Example sentencesExamples - They will be judged on the cheerful disposition of their inhabitants.
- Fluttering inhabitants occupy birdcages at either side of the porch.
- Mercury thereby gets into the food chain and jeopardizes the health of northern inhabitants.
- Most inhabitants of the islands engaged in basic agriculture and lived very simply.
- Such longevity is incomprehensible to an inhabitant of a country which hasn't even been around that long!
- The future inhabitants of these homes are entitled to a properly planned community.
- None of the inhabitants owns any land on the islands and the houses in which they live are the property of the owners.
- Each island has its own distinctive Creole in which its inhabitants take pride.
- The Picts are probably the oldest native inhabitants of Britain, yet almost nothing is known about them.
- The island's original inhabitants probably came across Bass Strait during a period of low sea level.
- A number of revues, plays and cabaret evenings keep the Arctic inhabitants occupied.
- It's important to get the names of the various bits of our British islands and their inhabitants right.
- The inhabitants of the Western Isles are still campaigning to have them returned.
- Most of the inhabitants of the countryside were, in a very general sense of the word, peasants.
- The island's inhabitants made it clear that they did not want to destroy a way of life that has existed for centuries.
- Before distribution of nets, inhabitants were educated about the proper use of nets.
- You are looking at a newly industrialized country, whose inhabitants have money to spend.
- I knew everything there was to know about the surrounding countryside and its inhabitants.
- We follow their journey to the tiny island of Muck, with 30 inhabitants, no shops and no road rage.
- Most of the island's inhabitants were evacuated, but the volcano continues to shower the rest with ash.
Synonyms resident, occupant, occupier, dweller, settler - 1.1US A person who fulfills the requirements for legal residency.
Example sentencesExamples - The only limits set by the Constitution for House members are that they be at least 25 years old, U.S. citizens and an inhabitant of the state from which they are elected.
- Moreover, the trust is not for the inhabitants of a parish or district, but only for some of such persons.
- He therefore proposed that the land and all wealth from it should be held communally by the inhabitants of each parish.
Synonyms resident, occupant, occupier, dweller, settler
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin inhabitare ‘inhabit’. |