dwellingとは

語源 1

From Middle English dwelling, duelling (“delay, continuance, abode”). More at dwell.

名詞

dwelling (複数形 dwellings)

1. A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; home
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

   The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.

   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, Enoch Arden

     Philip's dwelling fronted on the street.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:abode

派生語

• dwellinghouse
• dwelling place
• lake dwelling: prehistoric structure

参照

• dwelling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

語源 2

From dwell +‎ -ing.

動詞

dwelling

1. present participle of dwell

   I was dwelling in the cave.