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。
参考例句
1. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. 愿他们的住处,变为荒场。愿他们的帐棚,无人居住。
2. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation. 整洁:身体、衣服和住所务必要清洁整齐。
3. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation. 清洁:不可容忍身体、衣服和住所的污秽。
英英解释
n.
1. the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
2. housing that someone is living in
3. the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)