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inhabitant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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in·hab·i·tant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ ●●○ noun [countable]  SGLIVE SOMEWHEREone of the people who live in a particular place 居民 a city of six million inhabitants600万居民的城市
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inhabitantThis is a poor rural area, with only one doctor per 10,000 inhabitants.In some of these, for instance California and Wyoming, the material was apparently ignored by the aboriginal inhabitants.Edward captured the town and massacred its inhabitants.Its inhabitants quiver with curiosity whenever the desert train discharges a consignment of tourists.Copenhagen has about 1.4 million inhabitants.Would the shed's inhabitant necessarily guess that Mungo had been the uninvited visitor?The latter move prompted the government to retaliate by establishing a blockade around the island and withdrawing all services from the inhabitants.Nearly 36% of the inhabitants of Saudi Arabia are resident foreigners.In the afternoon I attend to the needs of the inhabitants of the Smoking Room and the gallery.Originally this had four towers and a wooden palisade to protect the inhabitants.Sterile-looking, de-natured domiciles promise safety for their inhabitants, protection from the hazards of urban existence.
in·hab·i·tant nounChineseSyllable
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inhabitant
inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbətənt, ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ noun [countable]
one of the people who live in a particular place:
    a city of six million inhabitants


in·hab·it·antBrE /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ 🔊 nouna person or an animal that lives in a particular place (某地的)居民,栖息动物the oldest inhabitant of the village这个村最老的居民a town of 11 000 inhabitants有 11 000 名居民的城镇