den.i.zen
n.(名词)An inhabitant; a resident:居住者;居民:例句:denizens of Monte Carlo.蒙地卡罗的居民
One that frequents a particular place:常客,老主顾:经常光顾某一特定地方的人:例句:a bar and its denizens.酒吧及它的老主顾们
Ecology An animal or a plant naturalized in a region.【生态学】 归化的动植物:从外地移植来并归化的动物和植物Chiefly British A foreigner who is granted rights of residence and sometimes of citizenship.【多用于英国】 外来户:被赋予居住权有时也有公民权的外来居民v.tr.(及物动词)den.i.zened,den.i.zen.ing,den.i.zens 【多用于英国】 To make a denizen of; grant rights of residence to.使定居:使…成为居民;赋予居住权
来源:Middle English denisein 中古英语 denisein from Anglo-Norman denzein 源自 英法语 denzein from deinz [within] 源自 deinz [在…范围内] from Late Latin dôintus [from within] * see dedans 源自 后期拉丁语 dôintus [从…某范围的] *参见 dedans
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den.izena.tion
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