a person, an animal or a plant that lives, grows or is often found in a particular place synonym inhabitant(某地区的)居民,常客,动物,植物 polar bears, denizens of the frozen north 北极熊,在冰天雪地的北方生活的动物 the denizens of the local pub 当地酒吧的常客 The denizens of the canteen were mainly the accountants and IT staff. 食堂的居民主要是会计和信息技术人员。 The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it untouched. 食物太硬了,连森林里的小居民都没动过。
Word Originlate Middle English deynseyn, via Anglo-Norman French from Old French deinz ‘within’ (from Latin de ‘from’ + intus ‘within’) + -ein (from Latin -aneus ‘-aneous’). The change in the form of the word was due to association with citizen.