habitable

大学 FREQ #27027

a. 适于居住的, 可居住的

发音

US /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/
其它

词形变化

more habitable 比较级 most habitable 最高级

别名

habituable

教材释义与例句

形容词

可居住的；适于居住的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

    After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.

    Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.

  2. 2.

    Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

inhabitable

近义相关 2

livable liveable

相关短语

habitable zone 宜居带 habitable zones habitable epoch continuously habitable zone continuously habitable zones galactic habitable zone galactic habitable zones

词源

From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.

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