居Chinese English Phrase:
  • v.  他和妻子分居了.   He's estranged from his wife, ie no longer living with her
  • n.  他在墙头居高临下看比赛.   He watched the game from his perch on top of the wall
  • n.  他居住处之破旧状况.   the seediness of his lodgings
  • n.  他已移居美国, 完全成了美国人.   He's emigrated to the USA and gone completely native
  • n.  他并不以这方面的专家自居.   makes no pretensions to being an expert on the subject
  • v.  他很不喜欢从乡间的居所迁居到了喧闹的城市里.   He hated being transplanted from his home in the country to the noise and bustle of life in the city
  • n.  他自命不凡. a cat-and-dog life a life in which partners are frequently or constantly quarrelling （在一起居住者）经常吵架的生活. a cat in hell's chance (of doing sth) (infml 口) no chance at all 一点儿机会也没有. curiosity killed the cat => curiosity. let the   He thinks he's the cat's whiskers, ie has a high opinion of himself.
  • n.  他身居斗室, 感到很不自在.   He feels boxed in, living in that tiny flat
  • adj.  令人惊奇的是他们居然设法逃跑了.   It's wonderful that they managed to escape
  •   以…自居   set oneself up as
  • n.  以操英语者为主的居民.   a predominantly English-speaking population
  • n.  以色列的集体农场, 集居区, （以色列的）集居区, 集体农场   kibbutz
  • n.  伊甸园（亚当与夏娃背叛上帝前所居住的美丽乐园）   beautiful garden where Adam and Eve lived in great happiness before they disobeyed God
  • n.  伐木工, 守林员, 护林员, 林区居民, 樵夫, 居住于森林的人, 看管森林的人, 伐木者   woodman
  • n.  休息, 休会, 放假, 短休假, 隐居处, 幽深处, 深奥处, 凹进处, 凹口, 壁龛, 隐窝, 条约, 条令, 休假, 壁凹, 凹进处, 隐窝   recess
  • n.  休息寓所, 撤退, 隐居, 退却, 退却的信号, 降旗号, 退避, 隐退, 静修, 隐避的场所, 潜伏处, 收容所, 休养所, 退却信号, 隐退处, 安全的地方   retreat