inhabiting
present participle ofinhabit
| 单词 | inhabiting |
| 释义 | inhabiting present participle ofinhabit inhabit verb[Toften passive] uk/ɪnˈhæb.ɪt/us/ɪnˈhæb.ɪt/C2 tolivein aplace: Theseremoteislandsare inhabited only bybirds. Living or sleeping somewhere
Examplesofinhabitinginhabiting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Byre-dwellings were common, with humans and cattleinhabitingthe same space. From theCambridge English Corpus Building andinhabitinghouses of this kind was another kind of conspicuous consumption. From theCambridge English Corpus The survival strategies of different tick speciesinhabitingtemperate climates loosely reflect the prevailing conditions in which the ticks are found. From theCambridge English Corpus The ' owners ' were the unseen ancestorsinhabitingthe land. From theCambridge English Corpus Inhabitingincreasingly complex sociohistorical conditions, and facing divisions and discontinuities of the self that this inevitably elicited, individuals searched for durability, stability, and independence. From theCambridge English Corpus We were, therefore, forced to conclude that animalsinhabitingthis region must be susceptible to infection and capable of harbouring the trypanosome. From theCambridge English Corpus Human relations with these then depend on the nature of the interest in the plant resource and on the nature of the beinginhabitingit. From theCambridge English Corpus I imagine the deceptive safety of the peopleinhabitingthe castle. From theCambridge English Corpus Spontaneous self-expression is deferred in favour of successfully assuming the assimilated role - what actors refer to as 'inhabitingthe mask'. From theCambridge English Corpus The macroscopic forms of aquatic vegetation denoted as aquatic macrophytes include macroalgae, some species of ferns and angiospermsinhabitinga wetland. From theCambridge English Corpus There is, however, an intermediate type of ecosysteminhabitingthe near subsurface. From theCambridge English Corpus Most silversides are marine-dwelling fishes, although there are many speciesinhabitingfresh water. From theCambridge English Corpus Cases have been described as thin and the selvesinhabitingthem hollow. From theCambridge English Corpus They suggest ideas for developing andinhabitingthe project, probably unknown at the time of design. From theCambridge English Corpus Strategies of seed dispersal and germination in plantsinhabitingdeserts. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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