(past and past participle dwelt /dwelt/ 或dwelled)no obj.
1
- with adverbial of place formal live in or at a specified place〈正式〉居住; 生活：
groups of gypsies still dwell in these caves.
一些吉卜赛人的部落仍然居住在这些山洞里。
2
dwell on/upon
think, speak, or write at length about (a particular subject, especially one that is a source of unhappiness, anxiety, or dissatisfaction)老是想着; 详述; 详写：I've got better things to do than dwell on the past.
我有更重要的事情要做, 不能老是想着过去。
2.1
dwell on/upon
(of one's eyes or attention) linger on (a particular object or place)（眼睛, 注意力）停留在, 凝视：she let her eyes dwell on them for a moment.
她让目光在他们身上停留了一会儿。
- technical a slight regular pause in the motion of a machine〈技〉（机器运转过程中的）有规律的小停顿。
派生词
dweller
noun城市居民。
词源
Old English dwellan 'lead astray, hinder, delay' （in Middle English 'tarry, remain in a place'）, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch dwellen 'stun, perplex' and Old Norse dvelja 'delay, tarry, stay'.