inhabits

IPA/ɪnˈhæb.ɪt/
KK[ɪnhˈæbəts]IPA/ɪnˈhæb.ɪt/

inhabits — verb

  • inhabitspresent simple I / you / we / they
  • inhabitses3rd person singular
  • inhabitsing-ing form
  • inhabitsedpast simple

1. to have your home in a place and live there.

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to have your home in a place and live there.

例句

Snow leopards inhabit the high mountains along the northern border.

inhabit + natural area

Three families inhabit the old stone house beside the river.

同義詞
  • live in

    the usual everyday choice for people and ordinary homes

  • occupy

    drier and more about taking space than making a home

文法句型

inhabits + place

用法筆記

Mostly used in formal writing, especially about animals, groups of people, or imagined worlds. The place comes directly after the verb, without adding 'in'.

常見錯誤

❌Many birds inhabit in these trees.
✅Many birds inhabit these trees.
💡'Inhabit' takes the place directly as its object.

2. to fill a place, face, voice, or work by being strongly present there.

2.動詞及物C2
釋義

to fill a place, face, voice, or work by being strongly present there.

例句

A strange calm inhabits the room after the children fall asleep.

feeling inhabits a place

Joy inhabits Maja's face when she opens the letter.

同義詞
  • fill

    more general and less literary

  • pervade

    stresses spreading through the whole thing

文法句型

inhabits + place/face/voice/work

用法筆記

Mostly literary. The subject is often a feeling, memory, or story, and the object is the place, face, voice, or work where that presence seems to remain.