/'rezɪdəns; `rɛzədəns/
n (fml 文)
1 [C]
(a) house, esp a large or impressive one 房子; （尤指）大宅, 宅邸, 官邸:
10 Downing Street is the British Prime Minister's official residence. 唐宁街10号是英国首相的官邸.
(b) (esp as used by house-agents) house （尤作房屋经纪人用语）房子, 住宅
*a desirable country, family, Georgian, etc residence for sale 理想的乡间、家居、乔治王朝时期风格等住宅待售.
2 [U]
(a) process of residing 居住
*hall of residence, eg for university students宿舍楼（如大学生的）
* take up (one's) residence (ie go and live) in college 住校.
(b) period of residing 居留期间
*Foreign visitors are only allowed one month's residence. 外国访客只准逗留一个月.
3 (idm 习语) in `residence living in a specified place because of one's work or duties （因工作或职责关系）驻于某处
*The royal standard flies when the Queen is in residence. 女王的王宫及驻跸处均有王旗为识.
* Students must remain in residence during term. 学生于学期中必须住校.
* writer, artist, etc in residence, eg at a college or in a community, etc which pays him to work there for a period of time 常驻作家、艺术家等（如驻在学校、社区等处者, 为驻地服务获酬）.

n
[C]formal
a house, especially a large or official one
　the ambassador's official residence
[U]
legal permission to live in a country for a certain period of time
= residency
　a residence permit
permanent/temporary residence
　Jeff has permanent residence in Canada, but is still a US citizen.
[U]formal
the state of living in a place
= residency
　Rome was his main place of residence .
artist/writer etc in residence
an artist etc who has been officially chosen by a college or other institution to work there
take up residence
formal to start living in a place
　He took up residence in Chicago.
in residence
a)formal living in a place at a particular time
　The emperor was in residence at his summer palace.