mid-13c., "action of waiting," verbal noun identical with Old English abad, past participle of abiden "to abide" (see abide), used as a verbal noun. The present-to-preterite vowel change is consistent with an Old English class I strong verb (ride/rode, etc.). Meaning "habitual residence" is first attested 1570s.
1. I went round the streets and found his new abode.
我走街串巷找到了他的新住所。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets.
他居無定所，我們發現他流落街頭。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The child abode with his grandparents for two years.
mid-13c., "action of waiting," verbal noun identical with Old English abad, past participle of abiden "to abide" (see abide), used as a verbal noun. The present-to-preterite vowel change is consistent with an Old English class I strong verb (ride/rode, etc.). Meaning "habitual residence" is first attested 1570s.
雙語例句
1. I went round the streets and found his new abode.
我走街串巷找到了他的新住所。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets.
他居無定所，我們發現他流落街頭。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The child abode with his grandparents for two years.