habitat

名词 habitat:

1. the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
   同义词：home ground

1. The moth's habitat is being destroyed and it has nearly died out.
   这种蛾子因栖息地正受到破坏，几乎绝种了。
2. I prefer to see animals in their natural habitat, rather than in zoos.
   我宁愿观赏居住在自然栖息地里的动物，而不愿看关在动物园里的动物。
3. The polar bear's habitat is the icy waters of the Arctic.
   北极熊的栖息地是冰冷的北极海域。

hab.i.tat

n.（名词）
The area or type of environment in which an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs:
栖息地：某种生物或生态群体生存繁衍的地区或环境类型：
例句：
a marine habitat.
海洋生物的栖息地

The place in which a person or thing is most likely to be found.
通常所在：一个人或一物体最有可能被发现的地方

来源：
Latin [it dwells] [third person sing. present of] habit3re [to dwell] * see habitable
拉丁语 [它居住在…] [] habit3re的第三人称单数现在时 [居住] *参见 habitable