habit
US: /ˈhæbət/
UK: /hˈæbɪt/
UK: /hˈæbɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
habit /'hæbit/
- danh từ
- thói quen, tập quán
- to be in the habit of...: có thói quen...
- to fall into a habit: nhiễm một thói quen
- to break of a habit: bỏ một thói quen
- thể chất, tạng người; vóc người
- a man of corpulent habit: người vóc đẫy đà
- tính khí, tính tình
- a habit of mind: tính tình, tính khí
- (sinh vật học) cách mọc; cách phát triển
- bộ quần áo đi ngựa (của đàn bà) ((cũng) riding habit)
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) áo (chủ yếu là của thầy tu)
- thói quen, tập quán
- ngoại động từ
- mặc quần áo cho
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) ở, cư trú tại (một nơi nào)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a thing that you do often and almost without thinking, especially sth that is hard to stop doing: You need to change your eating habits. + good / bad habits + He has the irritating habit of biting his nails. + It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a habit. + I'd prefer you not to make a habit of it. + I'm not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment. + I've got into the habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home. + I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late. + These things have a habit of coming back to haunt you.
2 [U] usual behaviour: I only do it out of habit. + I'm a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things).
3 [C] (informal) a strong need to keep using drugs, alcohol or cigarettes regularly: He began to finance his habit through burglary. + She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit. + a 50-a-day habit
4 [C] a long piece of clothing worn by a MONK or NUN
Idioms see FORCE n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 custom, routine, practice, convention, policy, pattern, usage, mode, rule, wont, praxis:
Jogging every morning had become a habit. She is a creature of habit
2 tendency, disposition, manner, practice, way, custom, inclination, bent, predisposition, second nature, frame of mind, attitude, penchant, propensity, proclivity; addiction, compulsion:
This kettle has a habit of leaking. Try to control your bad habits.
3 attire, clothing, dress, apparel, clothes, garb, costume, garments, vestments, uniform, raiment, livery, regalia, habiliment(s), Colloq gear:
She was disguised in a monk's habit.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
annoying, anti-social, bad, dirty, disconcerting, horrible, irritating, nasty, unfortunate
Life has a nasty habit of repeating itself.
| charming
(often ironic),
endearing, good
one of his more endearing habits her charming habit of setting fire to cats
| eccentric, odd | old | daily, regular | personal, sexual, social
I found some of his personal habits rather disconcerting.
| buying, shopping, spending
an effort to change the buying habits of the British public
| dietary, drinking, eating, feeding | reading, viewing
women's television viewing habits
| drug, smoking
trying to kick the smoking habit
VERB + HABIT
be in, have
She hadbeen in the habit of drinking fiveor six cups of coffee a day. She'sgot some very annoying habits.
He had an irritating habit ofsinging tunelessly about the house.
| acquire, develop, fall into, form, get into, make
I had falleninto my old bad habit of leavingeverything until the last minute.
Try to get into good habits and eatregular healthy meals. Make ahabit of noting down anytelephone messages.
| become
Don't let eating between mealsbecome a habit.
| break (yourself of), get out of, give up, kick
a difficult habit to break
You must break yourself of thehabit. I had got out of the habitof going to the pub.
| change
HABIT + VERB
change
Even last yearthe nation's eating habits changedsignificantly.
PREP.
by ~
Much of what we do indaily life is done by habit.
| out of ~
I sat in my old seat purely outof habit.
PHRASES
a creature of habit
Horses are creatures of habit andlike to have a daily routine.
| force of habit
Mr Norris bellowed fromforce of habit.
| the habit of a lifetime
It's hard to change thehabits of a lifetime.
Concise English dictionary
habits'hæbɪt
noun
+an established custom
+a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition
+a distinctive attire (as the costume of a religious order)
+excessive use of drugs
verb
+put a habit on
