(formal or poetic/literary)a place of residence; a house or home (正式 或 诗/文)住所;房屋 both defendants were said to be of no fixed abode. 据说两位被告都没有固定住所。 my humble abode. 蔽舍,寒舍。 ■[mass noun]residence 居住,定居 their right of abode in Britain. 他们在英国的居住权。 ■(archaic)a stay; a sojourn (古)暂住,逗留
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'act of waiting'): verbal noun from abide