Verb:
think moodily or anxiously about somethingoriginate in;The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of;People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
deer are populating the woods
exist or be situated within;Strange notions inhabited her mind
come back to;Don't dwell on the past
She is always harping on the same old things
v.动词
dwell, live这两个词的共同意思是“居住”。其区别是：
live是普通用语,常用于日常口语中;dwell是书面用语,一般用于文学作品中。dwell还有“仔细研究,详细论述”的意思。例如:
When I was only three years old, my poor mother had to live in, cooking and washing for a rich lady.我才三岁的时候,我可怜的妈妈不得不住在一个阔太太的家里,给人家做饭、洗衣服。
He dreamed that he dwelled in the heaven.他做梦住在天堂里。
She dwelt at length upon the similarities of the two paintings.她详细地讲述了这两幅画的相似之处。dwell，reside，live，lodge，inhabit，settle这些动词均有“居住、定居”之意。
dwell文学上的用词，口语中通常用live代替。
reside书面用词，指合法的永久性居住，也指在豪华的住宅里居住。
live最普通用词，指固定的居住，可以是长期的，也可以是临时的。
lodge指短时间或临时住宿。
inhabit强调人或动物居住在某个地区并已适应某种特殊环境。
settle侧重指某人定居于城市、国家或地区，而不指居住的住所。
用作动词 v.
～+副词dwell affectionately友好居住dwell artfully有品味地居住dwell eternally长久居住dwell gloomily忧伤地居住dwell impatiently不耐烦地居住dwell languidly懒散地居住dwell luxuriously居住豪华dwell occasionally偶尔居住dwell pleasurably愉悦地居住dwell principally主要居住dwell royally帝王般地居住dwell spaciously宽敞地居住dwell constantly不断地想dwell indefinitely遐想dwell sedately沉思dwell together住在一起～+介词dwell at length on详细讲述…dwell in住在…dwell with和…住在一起
用作动词v.
dwell on〔upon〕 v.+prep.
强调emphasis
dwell好-ed如|被…的⇒vi.居住⁷⁸;存在¹²;冥想⁵;详细阐述⁵n.闭锁时间;静止;停止;闭模时间;停机v.居留;踌躇;栖息;停留;存留;留在;专注;盯着;提到;夸夸其谈;住;栖身;生活;思索;详述;安家;留居;寓于近义词 be有lie躺下live活着stay停留pore毛孔harp竖琴lodge小屋abide遵守brood一窝reside居住occupy占用lie in在于settle解决inhabit居住于quarter四分之一populate构成人口consist由 … 组成
用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～++AHe dwells in the country during most of the year.在一年的大部分时间里他都住在乡下。
Picasso dwelt in France for many years.毕加索曾在法国居住了多年。
She and I dwelt for years in this same town.我和她在同一个镇子里住了多年。
These two young men are dwelling with us.这两个年轻人和我们一起住。
Some bats dwell in caves.有些蝙蝠居住在洞穴里。
He dreamed that he dwelled in the heaven.他做梦他住在天上。
Pride and modesty never dwelt in one place.骄傲与谦虚永远不会在一起。
What the old man said dwells in my mind.那老人说的话一直萦绕在我心头。
They still dwelt in their old abode.他们仍然怀念过去的住所。
v.动词
dwell的基本意思是“逗留”“居住于”某特定地点,含有“固定”和“合法”的意味,引申可表示“凝视”“沉思”等,强调思想和精神上的持久性。
dwell是不及物动词,其后常接in或on〔upon〕。
dwell多用于诗歌、修辞及法律条文中。
dwell的过去式和过去分词有两种变化形式,即dwelled〔dwelt〕。
动词85%,名词15%
用作不及物动词He decided todwellon our island.他决定到我们的岛上居住。
I own two flats where I used todwellalternately.我拥有两个居所并一直交替地居住。
How his wordsdwellin my mind!他的一席话在我的脑海里经久难忘。
Theydwelledin joy.他们沉浸于欢乐之中。
Don'tdwellon past failures.不要老是想着过去的失败。
We will notdwellon that matter any longer .我们将不再多想这件事了。
Hedwellupon that point for several minute.他花了几分钟详细讲述了那个观点。
We will notdwellhere in any detail upon these distresses.我们不会在此详细地论述这些痛苦。
Stopdwellingon your problems and do something about them!别老唠叨你的那些问题，还是做些实际工作解决它们吧！ In ancient times, when all conflicts were solved by the sword and strange creatures dwelled in deep forests, none could be sure with his life.
在远古的时代中，当所有的冲突被刀剑解决了，而且奇怪的人在深的森林中居住的时候，没有人可能具有他的生活确定。 sisdown
Many excavations take place in the eastern part of the city, where their families have dwelled for generations but stand to be displaced if such projects morph into Israeli settlement claims.
很多发掘工作都位于城市的东部，那里的巴勒斯坦人已经定居了数代之久，如果这样的考古挖掘会演变成以色列人定居点的权利要求，那他们自然是拒绝搬迁。 yeeyan