1. get out of a habit : 戒除一种习惯;
2. out of habit : 出于习惯;
名词
1. 习惯
A habit is something that you do often or regularly.
2. 坏习惯;积习;恶习;陋习
A habit is an action which is considered bad that someone does repeatedly and finds it difficult to stop doing.
3. (吸食海洛因、可卡因等的)毒瘾
A drug habit is an addiction to a drug such as heroin or cocaine.
4. (修道士或修女穿的)长袍,道袍,道服
A habit is a piece of clothing shaped like a long loose dress, which a nun or monk wears.
5. 按习惯行事的人;习惯的奴隶
If you say that someone is a creature of habit, you mean that they usually do the same thing at the same time each day, rather than doing new and different things.
6. 有/养成…的习惯;习惯于
If you are in the habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often. If you get into the habit of doing something, you begin to do it regularly or often.
7. 对做…习以为常;使…成为一种习惯
If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
8. 思维习惯
If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
1. (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation
may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
e.g. owls have nocturnal habits
she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair
long use had hardened him to it
Synonym: use
2. excessive use of drugs
Synonym: substance abusedrug abuse
3. a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
4. attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)
Synonym: riding habit
5. an established custom
e.g. it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening
Synonym: wont
6. the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)
e.g. a shrub of spreading habit