late 14c., from Old French habitable "suitable for human dwelling" (14c.), from Latin habitabilis "that is fit to live in," from habitare "to inhabit, dwell" (see habitat). Related: Habitably; habitability.
双语例句
1. About £35,000 buys a habitable house.
大约花3.5万英镑就能买到一所宜居的房子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The house should be habitable by the new year.
房子到新年时应该就可以住进去了。
来自《权威词典》
3. This house is no longer habitable.
这所房子已经不能住人了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Making the house habitable was a major undertaking.
把这所房子收拾得可以住人，那可是项大工程。
来自辞典例句
5. Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate that it may no longer be habitable.