词汇精选：dwelling的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

住宅，住所，公寓 [C]

例句：

I hope your new dwelling will bring you and your family loads of fortune and good health.

谨祝你的新居将为你全家带来鸿运。

例句：

Soon after we came to the city, we rented a dwelling place.

来到城里不久，我们的寓所已经租定。

二、词义辨析：

house,building,dwelling,shelter,habitation,home,residence

这些名词均含有“居住处”之意。house中性词，泛指一切供居住的建筑物，尤指适合一家一户居住的房屋。building泛指一切建筑物，不限于居住的房子。dwelling正式用词，仅指人们居住的任何建筑物。shelter可指长期或临时的住处，也指简陋或临时搭建的躲避风雨的场所。habitation指长久或固定的住所或居住地。home指永久住家时，带有家庭所特有的温暖、情感等气息。residence指大而堂皇的寓所或公馆，也指法律上的居住点。

三、相关短语：

dwelling house

居住房屋，居住房屋

lake dwelling

n. [史前期]在湖上的木架房屋

四、参考例句：

He changed his dwelling recently.

他最近搬了家。

Don't waste time dwelling on it.

不要浪费时间老是想着问题。

Because you are dwelling on it.

因为你总是止不住去想。

Ants need ventilation and a possibility to moisture their dwelling.

蚂蚁需要通风和保持他们住所一定适度的可能。

These dwelling houses have been put to use.

这些住宅已交付使用。

Why do you keep dwelling upon that matter?

你为什么一直在喋喋不休地讲那个问题？

A near friend is better than a far - dwelling kinsman.

近友胜过远亲。

His picture appeared prominently in every private dwelling

他的肖像，显著地呈现于每一个私人住宅。

Dwelling on the past and worrying about the future.

回想过去，并担心未来。

The koala is a nocturnal, tree dwelling marsupial mammal.

考拉属喜夜间活动居于树上的有袋类哺乳动物。