denizen

noun
🔊/ˈdenɪzn/
🔊/ˈdenɪzn/
(formal or humorous)
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  1. a person, an animal or a plant that lives, grows or is often found in a particular place(某地区的)居民,常客,动物,植物 synonym inhabitant
    • polar bears, denizens of the frozen north北极熊,在冰天雪地的北方生活的动物
    • the denizens of the local pub当地酒吧的常客
    • The denizens of the canteen were mainly the accountants and IT staff.食堂的住户主要是会计师和信息技术人员。
    • The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it untouched.食物是如此的辛苦,以至于即使是森林里的小居民也都一无所获。
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    Word Originlate Middle English deynseyn, via Anglo-Norman French from Old French deinz ‘within’ (from Latin de ‘from’ + intus ‘within’) + -ein (from Latin -aneus ‘-aneous’). The change in the form of the word was due to association with citizen.