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单词 habit
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hab•it1 /ˈhæbɪt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Animal Behaviora pattern of behavior that is customary and regular, or that is repeated often: [uncountable]:I got up at 6 a.m. out of habit.[countable]Smoking had become a habit.
  2. Drugs an addiction, esp. to narcotics:[countable]a serious drug habit.
  3. Clothing[countable] the dress of a particular rank, profession, etc., esp. the long garment worn by some clergy.
    See custom.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hab•it1  (habit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Animal Behavioran acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary:the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
  2. customary practice or use:Daily bathing is an American habit.
  3. a particular practice, custom, or usage:the habit of shaking hands.
  4. a dominant or regular disposition or tendency;
    prevailing character or quality:She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
  5. Drugsaddiction, esp. to narcotics (often prec. by the).
  6. Animal Behaviormental character or disposition:a habit of mind.
  7. Physiologycharacteristic bodily or physical condition.
  8. the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism:a twining habit.
  9. Mineralogythe characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
  10. Clothinggarb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.:a monk's habit.
  11. Clothingthe attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.

v.t. 
  1. to clothe;
    array.
  • Old French
  • Latin habitus state, style, practice, equivalent. to habi- (variant stem of habēre to have) + -tus verbal noun, nominal suffix; replacing Middle English abit
  • Middle English 1175–1225
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bent, wont.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See custom. 
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dress, costume.
    • 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dress, garb, attire; deck out.

hab•it2  (habit),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. [Archaic.]to dwell in.

v.i. 
  1. [Obs.]to dwell.
  • Latin habitāre to inhabit; see habitat
  • Middle English habiten 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
habit /ˈhæbɪt/ n
  1. a tendency or disposition to act in a particular way
  2. established custom, usual practice, etc
  3. a learned behavioural response that has become associated with a particular situation, esp one frequently repeated
  4. mental disposition or attitude: a good working habit of mind
  5. a practice or substance to which a person is addicted: drink has become a habit with him
  6. the state of being dependent on something, esp a drug
  7. the method of growth, type of existence, behaviour, or general appearance of a plant or animal: a climbing habit, a burrowing habit
  8. the customary apparel of a particular occupation, rank, etc, now esp the costume of a nun or monk
  9. Also called: riding habit a woman's riding dress
vb (transitive)
  1. to clothe
  2. an archaic word for inhabit
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin habitus custom, from habēre to have
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