(especially in compounds )尤用于构成复合词 a person or an animal that lives in the particular place that is mentioned 居民;居住者;栖身者 Apartment dwellers are still primarily couples and singles. 公寓里住的主要还是夫妻或者单身男女。
Extra Examplesthe poor slum dwellers of the capital city 首都贫民区那些可怜的居民 85 per cent of city dwellers breathe heavily polluted air. 85%的城市居民呼吸严重污染的空气。 Almost all Asian hornbills are forest dwellers. 几乎所有的亚洲犀鸟都栖身于森林。 Historically, government policy has favoured urban dwellers. 在过去, 政府的政策多有利于城市居民。 The disease spread quickly among the poor slum dwellers of the city. 这种疾病在那座城市的贫民窟迅速蔓延。 the earliest cave dwellers 最早的穴居人
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- city
- town
- urban
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