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 wont [wɒnt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 习惯

a. 惯常的, 易于...的

vi. 习惯

vt. 使习惯于




    wont
    [ noun ]
    an established custom
    <noun.cognition>
    it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening


    Wont \Wont\, v. t.
    To accustom; -- used reflexively.


    Wont \Wont\, a. [For woned, p. p. of won, wone, to dwell, AS.
    wunian; akin to D. wonen, OS. wun?n, OHG, won?n, G. wohnen,
    and AS. wund, gewuna, custom, habit; orig. probably, to take
    pleasure; cf. Icel. una to dwell, to enjoy, Goth. wunan to
    rejoice (in unwunands sad); and akin to Skr. van to like, to
    wish. ????. Cf. {Wean}, {Win}.]
    Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.
    ``As he was wont to go.'' --Chaucer.

    If the ox were wont to push with his horn. --Ex. xxi.
    29.


    Wont \Wont\, n.
    Custom; habit; use; usage.

    They are . . . to be called out to their military
    motions, under sky or covert, according to the season,
    as was the Roman wont. --Milton.

    From childly wont and ancient use. --Cowper.


    Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. {Wont}, p. p. {Wont}, or {Wonted}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Wonting}.]
    To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

    A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. --Spenser.


    Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. {Wont}, p. p. {Wont}, or {Wonted}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Wonting}.]
    To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

    A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. --Spenser.


    Wont \Wont\, v. i. [imp. {Wont}, p. p. {Wont}, or {Wonted}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Wonting}.]
    To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

    A yearly solemn feast she wont to make. --Spenser.

    1. In the 1950s, the Cuban political class was wont to say, "Without sugar, there is no country."
    2. Far from having dimmed or dated, as yesterday's chic successes are wont to do, it gleams and glistens with wit, intelligence, comic sparkle and a deep sympathy with the absurd intricacies of human passion.
    3. The big US and UK agencies are wont to be snooty about business standards in France, but similar practices are rife in New York and London. Until recently, the French government was prepared to turn a blind eye.
    4. Before accepting the humorous gloss agencies are wont to foist on them, companies must think carefully - otherwise they may find that the joke is on them. Jean-Louis Barsoux is the author of Funny Business, to be published by Cassell in August.
    5. Magnus Lindberg's recent Quintet charged the same ensemble with continuous palpable energy, brilliantly engineered and calculated as is his wont.
    6. Calling strangers is something I'm not wont to do, but I was in such admiration of this man.
    7. Government officials say Salinas' policy of selling publicly held companies wont't extend to the ejido system, a fundamental reform of the 1910-21 Mexican Revolution.
    8. And when Elizabeth Mansfield as Sylvia Pankhurst leads her cohorts in 'If you wont't give the vote to the ladies, there'll be no more kisses for you', the old place is back at its best.
    9. Congress, as is its wont, is likely to charge ahead and pass something, whether or not it deals with the problem.
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