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dweller

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dwel·ler /ˈdwelə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  city/town/cave etc dweller LIVE SOMEWHEREa person or animal that lives in a particular place 居住在城里/镇上/洞穴中等的人[动物] City dwellers suffer higher pollution levels. 城市居民承受的污染程度更严重。
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dwellerBartlett drew from the old-fashioned uniforms of the virile football player and the preening perfection of the city dweller.It's just hard for your Earth dwellers to conjure these all out of a hat in the midst of frustration.Slum dwellers would filter through into better stock, or be rehoused by local authorities in new estates.Similarly, an amendment carried in November 1917 did much to nullify the reduction of plural voting rights for town dwellers.Furthermore, the causes of fuelwood scarcity must seem remote and diffuse to the average urban dweller.Census takers historically have undercounted urban dwellers, particularly blacks and ethnic minorities, they argued.Urban dwellers might find that the bright city lights will wash out the faintly glowing comet tail.
dwel·ler nounChineseSyllable
person Corpus animal that particular place lives in a or a


dweller
dweller /ˈdwelə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
city/town/cave etc dweller a person or animal that lives in a particular place:
    City dwellers suffer higher pollution levels.


dwell·erBrE /ˈdwelə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdwelər/ 🔊 noun (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公寓房客