不及物动词

1. 沉湎于,唠叨,赘述(尤指令人不快的事)
If you dwell on something, especially something unpleasant, you think, speak, or write about it a lot or for quite a long time.

2. 居住;栖身
If you dwell somewhere, you live there.

3. see also: dwelling

1. think moodily or anxiously about something

Synonym: brood

2. come back to

e.g. Don't dwell on the past
She is always harping on the same old things

Synonym: harp

3. inhabit or live in
be an inhabitant of

e.g. People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
deer are populating the woods

Synonym: populateliveinhabit

4. originate (in)

e.g. The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country

Synonym: consistlielie in

5. exist or be situated within

e.g. Strange notions inhabited her mind

Synonym: inhabit