Habit

(noun.) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; 'owls have nocturnal habits'; 'she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair'; 'long use had hardened him to it'.

(noun.) a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order.

(noun.) attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire).

(noun.) an established custom; 'it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening'.

(noun.) the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal); 'a shrub of spreading habit'.

(verb.) put a habit on.

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• And you would find the habit was broken. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It's not an instinct, it's a habit of cowardliness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A mere habit in me, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The early habit of reading was wanting. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Her old bold life and habit instantly inspired her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Many rich people, whom we poor devils are in the habit of envying, lead contentedly an existence like that above described. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Gerty's compassionate instincts, responding to the swift call of habit, swept aside all her reluctances. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I was not studious in habit, and probably did not make progress enough to compensate for the outlay for board and tuition. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• To me, who knew his every mood and habit, his attitude and manner told their own story. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She reclined, propped up, from mere habit, on a couch: as nearly in her old usual attitude, as anything so helpless could be kept in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• No wonder that mankind have been in the habit of calling statesmen of this class pedants, sophisters, doctrinaires, visionaries. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• You ain't in the habit of conversing with a deaf person, are you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• We can clearly discern this in the case of animals with simple habits. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Their habits and their dwellings should correspond to their education. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This signifies the capacity to acquire habits, or develop definite dispositions. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Her mind, disposition, opinions, and habits wanted no half-concealment, no self-deception on the present, no reliance on future improvement. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• A man of plain habits, he had sent his servants to bed and must needs go down to open the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Among the more rigid socialists and reformers it is not customary to spend much time discussing mental habits. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Real life is beyond his control and influence because real life is largely agitated by impulses and habits, unconscious needs, faith, hope and desire. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Plasticity or the power to learn from experience means the formation of habits. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The more diversified in habits and structure the descendants of our carnivorous animals become, the more places they will be enabled to occupy. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Habits as Expressions of Growth. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We speak of fixed habits. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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