1 N-VAR 习惯 A habit is something that you do often or regularly. 习惯
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He has an endearing habit of licking his lips when he's nervous. [+ of]
他有个一紧张就舔嘴唇的可爱习惯。
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Many people add salt to their food out of habit, without even tasting it first.
很多人是出于习惯往食物里加盐，事先甚至连尝都不尝。
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...a survey on eating habits in the UK.
对于英国人饮食习惯的调查
SYN mannerism, custom, way, practice
2 N-COUNT 坏习惯;积习;恶习;陋习 A habit is an action which is considered bad that someone does repeatedly and finds it difficult to stop doing. 坏习惯;积习;恶习;陋习
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A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful. [+ of]
改掉吃饭太快的坏习惯有一个好办法，那就是每吃一口就把刀叉放下。
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After twenty years as a chain smoker Mr Nathe has given up the habit.
当了20年的烟鬼后，纳特先生戒了烟。
SYN addiction, weakness, obsession, dependence
3 N-COUNT （吸食海洛因、可卡因等的）毒瘾 A drug habit is an addiction to a drug such as heroin or cocaine. （吸食海洛因、可卡因等的）毒瘾
4 N-COUNT （修道士或修女穿的）长袍，道袍，道服 A habit is a piece of clothing shaped like a long loose dress, which a nun or monk wears. （修道士或修女穿的）长袍，道袍，道服
5 PHRASE 按习惯行事的人;习惯的奴隶 If you say that someone is a creature of habit, you mean that they usually do the same thing at the same time each day, rather than doing new and different things. 按习惯行事的人;习惯的奴隶
6 PHRASE 有/养成…的习惯;习惯于 If you are in the habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often. If you get into the habit of doing something, you begin to do it regularly or often. 有/养成…的习惯;习惯于
7 PHRASE 对做…习以为常;使…成为一种习惯 If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often. 对做…习以为常;使…成为一种习惯
SYN mannerism, custom, way, practice
8 PHRASE [habit inflects] 思维习惯 If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way. 思维习惯
SYN disposition, character, nature, make-up
Quotations
Habit is a great deadener Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot
It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks William Camden Remains Concerning Britain
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half Fyodor Dostoevsky
Habit with him was all the test of truth,
`It must be right; I've done it from my youth.' George Crabbe The Borough
The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance Honoré De Balzac The Abbé Birotteau
The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdity Marcel Proust Remembrance of Things Past
| Word Partnership | Use habit with: |
| VERB. | develop/form a habit, a habit of doing something, do something out of habit 1 break a habit, give up a habit, kick a habit, smoking habit 2 |
| N. | force of habit 1 cocaine habit, drug habit 3 |
| ADJ. | bad/nasty habit 2 |
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