mid-13c., "action of waiting," verbal noun identical with Old English abad, past participle of abiden "to abide" (see abide), used as a verbal noun. The present-to-preterite vowel change is consistent with an Old English class I strong verb (ride/rode, etc.). Meaning "habitual residence" is first attested 1570s.
双语例句
1. I went round the streets and found his new abode.
我走街串巷找到了他的新住所。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He's of no fixed abode and we found him on the streets.
他居无定所，我们发现他流落街头。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The child abode with his grandparents for two years.
