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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

habit ['hæbɪt]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] (custom,practice) 习惯
  2. 2. noun [c] (also: drug habit) 瘾
  3. 3. noun [c] [宗] (costume) 宗袍
    to be in the habit of doing sth
    有做某事的习惯
    to have a habit of doing sth
    习惯做某事
    to get out of/into the habit of doing sth
    改掉/养成做某事的习惯
    to do sth out of habit
    出于习惯做某事
    don't make a habit of it
    经常这么
    a bad habit
    习惯

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

habit [ˈhæbɪt]
  1. 1. n.[c/u] 习惯惯例
    It was their habit to dine at 7 every evening.
    他们习惯每晚七点钟吃晚饭
  2. 2. n.[c] [Psychology] 行为模式习性
    Owls have nocturnal habits.
    猫头鹰具有夜行性
    She had a habit twirling the ends of her hair.
    她有卷曲发梢的习惯
  3. 3. n.[c] 神职人员衣着
  4. 4. n.[c] 生长习性生长特性
  5. 5. n.[c] 骑马装
  6. 6. n.[c] 瘾,药物成瘾毒瘾
  7. 7. vt. 形成某种习惯养成习惯

Collins English-English Dictionary

habit ['hæbɪt]
  1. 1. n riding habit a woman's riding dress
  2. 2. n a tendency or disposition to act in a particular way
  3. 3. n established custom, usual practice, etc
  4. 4. n [psychol] a learned behavioural response that has become associated with a particular situation, esp one frequently repeated
  5. 5. n mental disposition or attitude
    a good working habit of mind
  6. 6. n a practice or substance to which a person is addicted
    drink has become a habit with him
  7. 7. n the state of being dependent on something, esp a drug
  8. 8. n [Botany] [Zoology] the method of growth, type of existence, behaviour, or general appearance of a plant or animal
    a climbing habit
    a burrowing habit
  9. 9. n the customary apparel of a particular occupation, rank, etc, now esp the costume of a nun or monk
  10. 10. n short for crystal habit
  11. 11. vt. [crystallog] [tr] to clothe
  12. 12. vt. an archaic word for inhabit
  13. 13. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Latin habitus custom, from habere to have

Examples

a monk's habit
僧袍
an ugly habit
恶习
an unconscious habit
下意识的行为
through {or} from force of habit
出于习惯
He formed the habit of taking long solitary walks.
他养成了独自长途徒步走的习惯。
He grew out of his late night coffee habit.
他逐渐放弃了晚上喝咖啡的习惯。

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