custom
custom
noun
noun
- a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time
风俗；习惯
the old English custom of dancing round the maypole.
围着五朔节花柱跳舞的英国老习俗。
[mass noun]custom demanded that a person should have gifts for the child.
习俗要求给孩子礼物。
■[in sing.]a thing that one does habitually
习惯
it is our custom to visit the Lake District in October.
10月探访湖区是我们的习惯。
■(Law)established usage having the force of law or right
(律)惯例，习惯法 - [mass noun](chiefly Brit.)regular dealings with a shop or business by customers
(主英)（顾客经常性的）光顾，惠顾
if you keep me waiting, I will take my custom elsewhere.
你让我久等的话，我今后就光顾别处去了。
- [attrib.]made or done to order for a particular customer
定做的，定制的
a custom guitar.
定做的吉他。
- Middle English: from Old French coustume, based on Latin consuetudo, from consuetus, past participle of consuescere 'accustom', from con- (expressing intensive force) + suescere 'become accustomed'
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