
dwell基本信息
读法:英 [dwel] 美 [dwɛl]
释义:
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英英释义
Verb:
"The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"
"this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"
"deer are populating the woods"
"She is always harping on the same old things"
中英词源
dwell 栖息,居住
可能来自PIE*dheu, 灰尘,烟雾,词源同dust,dull. 引申词义走偏,栖息,随遇而安,居住。
- dwell
- dwell: [OE] Dwell has changed its meaning remarkably over the centuries. In Old English it meant ‘confuse, lead astray’. It goes back to a Germanic base *dwel-, *dwal-, *dwul-, which also produced Old English dwola ‘error’, Gothic dwals ‘foolish’, and Old High German gitwelan ‘be stunned’, and beyond that to Indo-European *dhwel-, source of Greek tholós ‘dirt’ and Irish dall ‘blind’.
Already by the end of the Old English period, ‘lead astray’ had progressed to ‘hinder, delay’, probably under the influence of the related Old Norse dvelja ‘delay’, and this subsequently developed through ‘linger’ to (in the 13th century) ‘make one’s home in a place’. - dwell (v.)
- Old English dwellan "to mislead, deceive," originally "to make a fool of, lead astray," from Proto-Germanic *dwelan "to go or lead astray" (cognates: Old Norse dvöl "delay," dvali "sleep;" Middle Dutch dwellen "to stun, make giddy, perplex;" Old High German twellen "to hinder, delay;" Danish dvale "trance, stupor," dvaelbær "narcotic berry," source of Middle English dwale "nightshade"), from PIE *dhwel-, extended form of root *dheu- (1) "dust, cloud, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits").
Related to Old English gedweola "error, heresy, madness." Sense shifted in Middle English through "hinder, delay," to "linger" (c. 1200, as still in phrase to dwell upon), to "make a home" (mid-13c.). Related: Dwelled; dwelt; dwells.
词态变化
第三人称单数 dwells;
过去式 dwelt; dwelled;
过去分词 dwelt; dwelled;
现在分词 dwelling;
权威造句
- 1. I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.
- 我不再去回忆那些痛苦不堪的往事了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
- 沉湎于虚幻的梦想而忘记现实的生活,是毫无益处的。
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- 3. Sometimes his mind would dwell on the horrors he had been through.
- 有时他会老是想着他所经历过的种种恐怖.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. It"s morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.
- 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.
- 许多水鸟在岛上栖息.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均有“居住、定居”之意。dwell文学上的用词,口语中通常用live代替。
reside书面用词,指合法的永久性居住,也指在豪华的住宅里居住。
live最普通用词,指固定的居住,可以是长期的,也可以是临时的。
lodge指短时间或临时住宿。
inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区,而不指居住的住所。
记忆方法
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