单词 | habit |
释义 | habit/ˈhabɪt /noun 1A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up: he has an annoying habit of interrupting me good eating habits [mass noun]: we stayed together out of habit...
Synonyms practice, custom, pattern, routine, style, convention, policy, wont, way, manner, mode, norm, tradition, matter of course, rule, usage; tendency, propensity, inclination, bent, proclivity, proneness, disposition, predisposition mannerism, quirk, characteristic gesture, characteristic, foible, trick; trait, tendency, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, singularity, oddity, eccentricity, way, feature, custom, practice accustomed to, used to, given to, habituated to, addicted to, no stranger to, not new to; wont to, inclined to 1.1 informal An addictive practice, especially one of taking drugs: a cocaine habit...
Synonyms addiction, dependence, dependency, craving, fixation, compulsion, obsession, weakness informal monkey US informal jones 1.2 Psychology An automatic reaction to a specific situation.Situational themes are specific habits and kinds of behavior that manifest character strengths in given situations....
1.3 [mass noun] General shape or mode of growth, especially of a plant or a mineral: a shrub of spreading habit...
2A long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order: nuns in long brown habits, black veils, and sandals...
2.1 short for riding habit.They had already done their tests but were still in their dressage habit....
2.2 [mass noun] archaic Clothes: in the vile habit of a village slave...
Synonyms garment, outfit, robe, costume, uniform, attire, dress, garb, clothes, clothing, garments informal get-up, rig-out, gear, togs, clobber, rags formal apparel 3 archaic A person’s health or constitution: a victim to a consumptive habit verb (be habited) archaic Be dressed or clothed: a boy habited as a serving lad...
Phrasesbreak (or informal kick) the habit force of habit OriginMiddle English: from Old French abit, habit, from Latin habitus 'condition, appearance', from habere 'have, consist of'. The term originally meant 'dress, attire', later coming to denote physical or mental constitution. Rhymes |
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