/dwel ||; dwɛl/verb [I] (past tense past participle dwelt /dwelt ||; dwɛlt/or dwelled) (old-fashioned 旧) (formal 正式) to live or stay in a place 居住；栖身 dwell on/upon sth to think or talk a lot about sth that it would be better to forget 想或讲得太多: I don't want to dwell on the past. Let's think about the future. 过去的事我不想老说着没完，我们还是向前看吧。