a word used in two opposite senses: "not habitable" (late 14c., from in- (1) "not" + habitable) and "capable of being inhabited" (c. 1600, from inhabit + -able).
双语例句
1. Long low ridges which rise above the marsh form the only inhabitable areas on the plain.
隆起在沼泽上的一系列又长又矮的山脊,是平原上唯一可以栖住的地方.
来自辞典例句
2. The roof had fallen in, so that the cottage was not inhabitable.
