habit, practice, custom, convention

• that proved to be my undoing, for i soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
  這證明是我的失敗，因?yàn)槲也痪镁突氐皆陔娨暺聊磺按蝾膲牧?xí)慣去了。

• on the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat——the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
  在另一方面，一想到用動(dòng)物油煎馬鈴薯，你便會(huì)作嘔。然而在許多北歐國(guó)家里，這是為大家接受的通常習(xí)慣。
• she walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open,yet following her general practice she had shut them before going out.
  她慢慢地走進(jìn)廳堂，并且立刻發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的房門都是開著的。但是按照她自己的一般習(xí)慣，她在外出前總是把門全部關(guān)好的。

• don't be a slave to custom.
  不要做風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣的奴隸。
• from the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour.
  一個(gè)人從誕生的那一時(shí)刻起，他降生后所處的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣便給他的閱歷和行為定型。

• they disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
  他們不顧社會(huì)習(xí)俗，并未意識(shí)到自己在做些與眾不同的事。

名詞 custom:

1. accepted or habitual practice
   同義詞：usage, usance
2. a specific practice of long standing
   同義詞：tradition
3. money collected under a tariff
   同義詞：customs, customs duty, impost
4. habitual patronage

形容詞 custom:

1. made according to the specifications of an individual
   同義詞：custom-made, customized, customised

1. The custom of young ladies being presented at court (ie formally introduced to the monarch) has disappeared.
   年輕女子被舉薦入宮(覲見君主)的風(fēng)俗已不復(fù)存在。
2. Custom rules the law.
   [諺]風(fēng)俗左右法律。
3. Social customs vary greatly from country to country.
   國(guó)與國(guó)之間的社會(huì)習(xí)俗有很大差異。
4. She followed her usual custom of spending Sunday at her villa at the seaside.
   她按照通常的習(xí)慣，在海濱別墅度過了星期天。
5. It took us only a few minutes to get through the Customs.
   我們的海關(guān)檢查只花了幾分鐘時(shí)間。

cus.tom

n.（名詞）
A practice followed by people of a particular group or region.
習(xí)俗，風(fēng)俗：某一特定群體或地區(qū)的人們所遵循的慣例
A habitual practice of a person:
習(xí)慣：某人的習(xí)慣性做法：
例句：
my custom of reading a little before sleep.See Synonyms at habit
我習(xí)慣在睡覺前先看會(huì)兒書參見 habit

Law A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
【法律】 習(xí)慣法：一個(gè)共同傳統(tǒng)或用法根深蒂固以致于它開始具有法律的威力和效力

Habitual patronage, as of a store.
經(jīng)?；蓊櫍簩?duì)商店等經(jīng)常的惠顧
Habitual customers; patrons.
老主顧，主顧：經(jīng)常性的顧客；主顧
customs (used with a sing. verb)
customs （與單數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）
A duty or tax imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
關(guān)稅：對(duì)進(jìn)口貨物且很少對(duì)出口貨物征收的一種稅
The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
海關(guān)：被授權(quán)征收這些稅收的政府機(jī)構(gòu)
The procedure for inspecting goods and baggage entering a country.
海關(guān)檢查：在貨物和行李進(jìn)入某個(gè)國(guó)家時(shí)進(jìn)行檢查的程序
Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
交租：封建時(shí)代佃農(nóng)向領(lǐng)主繳納或提供的貢品、勞役或租稅
adj.（形容詞）
Made to order.
定做的：按照定單制作的
Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods:
專做定貨的：專門制作或出售定制貨物的：
例句：
a custom tailor.
專做定制衣服的裁縫

來源：
Middle English custume
中古英語 custume
from Old French costume
源自 古法語 costume
from Latin cônsuôtôdô cônsuôtôdin-
源自 拉丁語 cônsuôtôdô cônsuôtôdin-
from cônsuôtus [past participle of] cônsuôscere [to accustom]
源自 cônsuôtus [] cônsuôscere的過去分詞 [習(xí)慣]
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前綴，表示加強(qiáng)語氣] *參見 com-
suôscere [to become accustomed] * see s(w)e-
suôscere [變得習(xí)慣] *參見 s(w)e-