dwell
dwell 英 [dwel] 美 [dwɛl]
vi. 居住；老想着,沉湎
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- To dwell in a home is to live in it. To dwell on something — usually something bad, like a failed romance or terrible service in a restaurant –- is to think or speak about it at great length.
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- vi. 居住；老想着,沉湎
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1. A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.
许多水鸟在岛上栖息.
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2. So you made a mistake, but there's no need to dwell on it.
你是错了，不过不必老是想着这事儿。
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3. I'd rather not dwell on the past.
我不想再沉湎于过去了。
- dwell (v.) Old English dwellan "to mislead, deceive," originally "to make a fool of, lead astray," from Proto-Germanic *dwelan "to go or lead astray" (source also of Old Norse dvöl "delay," dvali "sleep;" Middle Dutch dwellen "to stun, make giddy, perplex;" Old High German twellen "to hinder, delay;" Danish dvale "trance, stupor," dvaelbær "narcotic berry," source of Middle English dwale "nightshade"), from PIE *dhwel-, extended form of root *dheu- (1) "dust, cloud, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits").
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