Cohabit



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 通常指未婚的) 双方同居
• ［英］ v. ( 通常指未婚的) 双方同居 ( usu of an unmarried couple live together)
• ［记］ co ( 共同) +habit ( 居住) -> 同居
• ［同］ 同根词: habitat ( 动物栖息地) ; inhabitant ( 居民)

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb

• Etymology: Late Latin cohabitare, from Latin co- + habitare to inhabit, from frequentative of habēre to have — more at give
• Date: circa 1530
• 1. to live together as or as if a married couple
• 2.
  • a. to live together or in company <buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows — Biological Abstracts
  • b. to exist together <two strains in his philosophy…cohabit in each of his major works — Justus Buchler
• ? cohabitant noun
• ? cohabitation noun

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