詞彙精選：dwelling的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
住宅，住所，公寓 [C]
例句：
I hope your new dwelling will bring you and your family loads of fortune and good health.
謹祝你的新居將爲你全家帶來鴻運。
例句：
Soon after we came to the city, we rented a dwelling place.
來到城裏不久，我們的寓所已經租定。
二、詞義辨析：
house,building,dwelling,shelter,habitation,home,residence
這些名詞均含有“居住處”之意。house中性詞，泛指一切供居住的建築物，尤指適合一家一戶居住的房屋。building泛指一切建築物，不限於居住的房子。dwelling正式用詞，僅指人們居住的任何建築物。shelter可指長期或臨時的住處，也指簡陋或臨時搭建的躲避風雨的場所。habitation指長久或固定的住所或居住地。home指永久住家時，帶有家庭所特有的溫暖、情感等氣息。residence指大而堂皇的寓所或公館，也指法律上的居住點。
三、相關短語：
dwelling house
居住房屋，居住房屋
lake dwelling
n. [史前期]在湖上的木架房屋
四、參考例句：
He changed his dwelling recently.
他最近搬了家。
Don't waste time dwelling on it.
不要浪費時間老是想着問題。
Because you are dwelling on it.
因爲你總是止不住去想。
Ants need ventilation and a possibility to moisture their dwelling.
螞蟻需要通風和保持他們住所一定適度的可能。
These dwelling houses have been put to use.
這些住宅已交付使用。
Why do you keep dwelling upon that matter?
你爲什麼一直在喋喋不休地講那個問題？
A near friend is better than a far - dwelling kinsman.
近友勝過遠親。
His picture appeared prominently in every private dwelling
他的肖像，顯著地呈現於每一個私人住宅。
Dwelling on the past and worrying about the future.
回想過去，並擔心未來。
The koala is a nocturnal, tree dwelling marsupial mammal.
考拉屬喜夜間活動居於樹上的有袋類哺乳動物。
