| 单词 | wont |
| 释义 | wontWord family adjectivewontedwontwontlessnounwontedness wont1 /wəʊnt $ wɒːnt/ noun old-fashioned → won't as is somebody’s wont old-fashioned USUALLYused to say that it is someone’s habit to do something 就像某人惯常那样 He spoke for too long, as is his wont. 他像平常一样讲了太长的时间。 Examples from the Corpus as is somebody’s wont• As was his wont, Churchill drank scotch with water, but no ice.• Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her. Examples from the Corpus wont• Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her.• Desmond Seymour-Strachey sat, accepting the bustle, as was his wont.• His horrible wont was to envelop his victim with his wings and suffocate him to death. wont2 adjectiveadj formal be wont to do something formal PROBABLYto be likely to do something 惯于做某事 Examples from the Corpus be wont to do something• Hapsburg officers, especially hussars, were wont to please themselves what they wore.• Be still, my beating heart, as T. Wogan was wont to say.• It was not often that the High King searched me for truth as he was wont to search lesser men.• Indeed Bourdieu is wont to speak of functions or their functional equivalent.• It transpired that there was a secluded roof on her house where she was wont to sunbathe totally naked.• Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation. Examples from the Corpus wont• The theist thereby comes to justify as a paradox what the atheist is wont to dismiss as a confusion.• It could be catastrophic if he started giving himself airs, as tenors are wont to do.• Be still, my beating heart, as T. Wogan was wont to say.• Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation. (1100-1200) Past participle of wone “to be used to doing something” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English wunian “to live in a place, be used to” |
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