Word · Frequency #4597
dwelling
/ˈdwelɪŋ/
noun
住宅；住所
A house or other place where someone lives.
- 1.
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
人居住的房屋或地方；住所,家
- 2.
housing that someone is living in
某人居住的住房
人居住的房屋或地方；住所,家；某人居住的住房；住处；[医] 住房
In use
The old stone dwelling has been in the family for generations.
Many traditional dwellings in the region are built from local materials.
They bought a modest dwelling near the coast to use as a holiday home.
he built a modest dwelling near the pond
determiner + adjective + dwelling
They lived in a modest dwelling.
他们住在一个简朴的住所里。
dwelling + of + noun
这种结构常用于正式或文学语境。
The dwelling of the ancient tribe was simple.
古代部落的住所很简单。
Connections
Collocations
- dwelling place
- 居住地；住所
- The cave served as a dwelling place for early humans.这个洞穴曾是早期人类的住所。
- private dwelling
- 私人住宅
- The law prohibits loud noise near private dwellings late at night.法律禁止深夜在私人住宅附近制造噪音。
- residential dwelling
- 居民住宅；住宅用房屋
- The city has strict safety codes for residential dwellings.该市对居民住宅有严格的安全规范。
- permanent dwelling
- 永久住所
- After years of travel, they built a permanent dwelling in the countryside.多年旅行之后，他们在乡下建了一处永久住所。
- traditional dwelling
- 传统民居
- The museum displays traditional dwellings from different ethnic groups.博物馆展出了不同民族的传统民居。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 dwell（居住）想成‘住’，加上 -ing 就变成住的地方——住宅。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal and official documents、real estate listings、formal writing dwelling 比 home/house 正式，通常用于法律、行政、房地产等书面语境；日常口语中更常说 home 或 house。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 dwelling 押韵：重读元音都是 /ɛ/，词尾都是 /lɪŋ/。注意不要被拼写相似的 ceiling(/ˈsiːlɪŋ/) 或 filing(/ˈfaɪlɪŋ/) 迷惑，它们读音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.