habitat /ˈhæbitæt/ n. [c] 栖息地:Wild chimps in their natural habitat.生活在它们的自然栖息地的野生黑猩猩。This creature’s natural habitat is the jungle.这种动物的栖息地是丛林。 

habitant /ˈhæbitənt/ n. c]居住者(cf.inhabitant):Work on the roads was never willingly undertaken by the habitants本地居民从来不愿意承接修路的活。It is crowded with merchants of every nation and its habitants are themselves the most eminent merchants in the world. 各国商人集聚一起,当地居民本身总是世界上最为突出的商人。