| 单词 | habit |
| 释义 | habit habit1 /hab"it/, n. 1. an 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. addiction, esp. to narcotics (often prec. by the). 6. mental character or disposition: a habit of mind. 7. characteristic bodily or physical condition. 8. the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism: a twining habit. 9. the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral. 10. garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.: a monk's habit. 11. the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse. v.t. 12. to clothe; array. [1175-1225; ME < L habitus state, style, practice, equiv. to habi- (var. s. of habere to have) + -tus verbal n. suffix; r. ME abit < OF] Syn. 2. bent, wont. 3. See custom. 10. dress, costume. 12. dress, garb, attire; deck out. habit2 /hab"it/, v.t. 1. Archaic. to dwell in. v.i. 2. Obs. to dwell. [1325-75; ME habiten < L habitare to inhabit; see HABITAT] |
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