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- formal or poetic/literary a place of residence; a house or home〈正式或诗/文〉住所; 房屋：
both defendants were said to be of no fixed abode
据说两位被告都没有固定住所
my humble abode.
敝舍, 寒舍。
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- mass noun residence居住, 定居：
their right of abode in Britain.
他们在英国的居住权。
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- archaic a stay; a sojourn〈古〉暂住, 逗留。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'act of waiting'）： verbal noun from ABIDE.