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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
abode
abode [abode abodes] BrE [əˈbəʊd] NAmE [əˈboʊd] noun usually singular (formal or humorous) the place where sb lives •homeless people of no fixed abode (= with no permanent home) •You are most welcome to my humble abode. see also ↑abide v., ↑right of abode Word Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘act of waiting’): verbal noun from ↑abide. Example Bank: •I had been invited to take up my abode at Government House. •Welcome to my humble abode. •His sole residence is in a hostel for people of no fixed abode. •The island's citizens' will not be given the right of abode in Britain.
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