dwell

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vi. 居住, 居住(于), 存在(于)

发音

US /dwɛl/

词形变化

dwells 复数 dwells dwelled dwellest dwelleth dwelling dwells 三单 dwelt dwelling 现在分词 dwelt 过去式 dwelt 过去分词 dwelled 过去式 dwelled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

居住；存在于；细想某事

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

    工程
  2. 2.

    A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.

    工程
  3. 3.

    A planned delay in a timed control program.

    商务 工程 物理
  4. 4.

    In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).

    汽车 交通
v.
  1. 1.

    To live; to reside.

    居住

    住

    居留

    不及物 文学
  2. 2.

    To linger (on); to remain fixated.

    不及物

    Stop dwelling on the past!

  3. 3.

    To be in a given state.

    不及物 工程
  4. 4.

    To abide; to remain; to continue.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 8

live lie harp brood inhabit consist populate lie in

上位词 10

be care worry exist repeat reiterate retell restate ingeminate iterate

下位词 10

people room board camp neighbor tent nest lodge neighbour shack

相关短语

dwell upon dwell time [计] 停延时间 [化] 采样时间 dwell times

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen English dwell From Middle English dwellen (“delay, live, remain, persist”), from Old English dwellan (“to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray”), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną (“to hold up, delay; hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (“to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate”), which is cognate with Old Norse dvelja and related to Proto-Germanic *dwelaną (“to go astray”), which underwent semantic change in its descendants. Cognates include Danish dvæle (“to linger, dwell”) and Swedish dväljas (“to dwell, reside”).

来源：wiktionary