Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #14815
Fully loadedhabitation
栖息地；生境
the natural home or habitat of an animal or plant
- 1.
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
居住的行为；居住或占据的状态；占用。
- 2.
the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
动植物的原生栖息地或家园
- 3.
A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
住所；定居处；住宅；房屋。
- 4.
housing that someone is living in
某人正在居住的住房
- 5.
A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.
一个团体、分会或公司,如樱草同盟的。
- 6.
the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
在某地居住或永久生活的行为(适用于动物和人类)
居住的行为；居住或占据的状态；占用。；动植物的原生栖息地或家园；住所；定居处；住宅；房屋。；某人正在居住的住房；一个团体、分会或公司,如樱草同盟的。
In use
These caves are the natural habitation of the rare bat species.
The marshland is one of the most important habitations for migrating waterbirds in the region.
In the mountains, rocky crevices offer a dry habitation for numerous alpine plants.
habitation of [animal/plant]
The cave served as a habitation of bears.
这个洞穴是熊的栖息地。
[adjective] habitation
No signs of human habitation were found on the island.
岛上没有发现人类居住的迹象。
place of habitation
Connections
Collocations
- human habitation
- 人类居住
- The remote valley shows no signs of human habitation.这个偏远的山谷没有任何人类居住的迹象。
- permanent habitation
- 长期居住；永久居住
- The cave was too damp for permanent habitation.这个洞穴太潮湿，不适合长期居住。
- fit for human habitation
- 适合人类居住的
- The inspectors ruled that the building was no longer fit for human habitation.检查员判定这栋建筑不再适合人类居住。
- place of habitation
- 居住地；住所
- They built a simple place of habitation near the river.他们在河边建造了一处简陋的住所。
- evidence of habitation
- 居住痕迹；有人居住的证据
- Archaeologists found evidence of habitation dating back thousands of years.考古学家发现了数千年前有人居住的痕迹。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由 habit（习惯）+ ation 联想：长期住在一个地方成了习惯，那就是你的住所（habitation）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文书、法律文件、文学描写 habitation 是比较正式或书面的词，通常表示“居住”或“住所”，多用于正式文书、法律文本或文学描写中；日常口语里更常用 home 或 housing。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words nation, station, relation, and foundation all rhyme with habitation: they share the stressed vowel /eɪ/ followed by /ʃən/, and in spelling they end in -ation. Beware of lookalikes that sound different: habit /ˈhæbɪt/ and habitat /ˈhæbɪtæt/ share the same beginning as habitation but are NOT rhymes—their vowels are different.
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, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.