hab·it·a·ble
adjective/ˈhæbɪtəbl/
/ˈhæbɪtəbl/
(also less frequent inhabitable)
Word Family
- inhabit verb
- habitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabitable adjective (≠ uninhabitable)
- inhabited adjective (≠ uninhabited)
- inhabitant noun
- habitation noun
- suitable for people to live in
适合居住的 - The house should be habitable by the new year.
房子到新年时应该就可以住进去了。 - The room was barely habitable.
这间房间几乎没法住人。 - They’ve done their best to make the house habitable.
他们尽了最大努力使房子适合居住。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- make something
- …
- barely
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin habitabilis, from habitare ‘possess, inhabit’. - The house should be habitable by the new year.