inhabitants是什么意思？

inhabitants

英[ɪn'hæbɪtənts] 美[ɪn'hæbɪtənts]

• n. 居民，住户， （栖息在某地区的）动物( inhabitant的名词复数 )；

例句

• The island’s inhabitants had no immunity to the diseases carried by the explorers and quickly succumbed. 岛上居民对探险者携带的病毒没有免疫力，很快就死去了。
• New Shoreham, now sadly decayed, has barely 100 inhabitants. 如今已经衰落的新肖勒姆仅有100 名居民，很令人伤感。
• If there were any inhabitants of the moon, they would see our earth reflecting the light of the sun, again like a huge mirror hung in the sky. They would speak of earthlight just as we speak of moonlight. 假如月亮上有居民，他们也会看到我们反射太阳光的地球同样就像一个巨大的镜子悬在空中，他们也会像我们谈论月光那样谈论地球光。
• In that city there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy. 在这座城市里流传着一种神经机能病,居民们都误认为是精力旺盛的表现.
• It was quiet. All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering. 贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了.
• The Maoris were the original inhabitants of New Zealand. 毛利人是新西兰最早的居民.
• Soft application for colour changing wall - washer units , with special protective louvres system not to affect inhabitants. 采用可变换色彩的洗墙灯具, 加以不扰民的特殊保护的百叶窗系统.
• These aboriginal inhabitants preserved their food by dehydrating corns, fruits, and vegetables. 这些原住民将玉米、疏菜 、 水果干燥脱水来保存他们的食物.
• He quartered his men on the inhabitants in the town. 他把他的部队安置在镇上的居民家中.
• They set fire to the city and massacred all the inhabitants. 他们放火烧了这座城市,而且屠杀了所有的居民.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  居民
  The inhabitants of a place are the people who live there.
  例句
  ...the inhabitants of Glasgow. 格拉斯哥市居民