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单词	wont
释义	wont1 nounwont2 adjective wontwont1 /wəʊnt $ wɒːnt/ noun old-fashioned Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Desmond Seymour-Strachey sat, accepting the bustle, as was his wont. His horrible wont was to envelop his victim with his wings and suffocate him to death. Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► as is somebody’s wont As was his wont, Churchill drank scotch with water, but no ice. Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her. as is somebody’s wont used to say that it is someone’s habit to do something:  He spoke for too long, as is his wont. wont1 nounwont2 adjective wontwont2 adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINwont2 Origin: 1100-1200 Past participle of wone ‘to be used to doing something’ (11-17 centuries), from Old English wunian ‘to live in a place, be used to’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Be still, my beating heart, as T. Wogan was wont to say. Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation. It could be catastrophic if he started giving himself airs, as tenors are wont to do. The theist thereby comes to justify as a paradox what the atheist is wont to dismiss as a confusion. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be wont to do something Be still, my beating heart, as T. Wogan was wont to say. Hapsburg officers, especially hussars, were wont to please themselves what they wore. Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation. Indeed Bourdieu is wont to speak of functions or their functional equivalent. It transpired that there was a secluded roof on her house where she was wont to sunbathe totally naked. It was not often that the High King searched me for truth as he was wont to search lesser men. be wont to do something to be likely to do something
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