英语词汇“habituate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When you habituate something, you're helping it to get accustomed to a new home. Workers in zoos spend a lot of time habituating animals.

The word "habit" in habituate is a clue to its meaning — by habituating, you're helping a creature or person get used to new surroundings and establish new habits, especially in a new habitat (home). If your dog spends the night with a friend, you might bring some of his toys to habituate him and make him feel comfortable. It takes a lot of time for a new cat to be habituated to a home. When you habituate something, you're helping it feel comfortable and accustomed to a new place.

WORD FAMILY

habituate: habituated, habituates, habituating, habituation+/habit: habitable, habited, habiting, habits, habitual, habituate/habitable: habitability, habitableness/habitual: habitually/habituation: habituations

USAGE EXAMPLES

The scientists tested slime molds' ability to habituate by challenging them with quinine and caffeine — chemicals that are bitter-tasting but otherwise harmless.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

Use it all the time and you habituate; the words lose their oomph.

Time(Dec 15, 2016)

And yet there are bits of design elegance in the game, moments at which it manages to slip the surly bonds of habituated mediocrity.

Time(Nov 04, 2016)

1v make psychologically or physically used (to something)

She became habituated to the background music

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

accustom

harden, indurate, inure

cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

teach

accustom gradually to some action or attitude

addict, hook

to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

callous, cauterise, cauterize

make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for

prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

2v take or consume (regularly or habitually)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

use

drink, tope

drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

board

lodge and take meals (at)

consume, have, ingest, take, take in

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

单词	habituate
释义	habituate (once / 4983 pages) v When you habituate something, you're helping it to get accustomed to a new home. Workers in zoos spend a lot of time habituating animals. The word "habit" in habituate is a clue to its meaning — by habituating, you're helping a creature or person get used to new surroundings and establish new habits, especially in a new habitat (home). If your dog spends the night with a friend, you might bring some of his toys to habituate him and make him feel comfortable. It takes a lot of time for a new cat to be habituated to a home. When you habituate something, you're helping it feel comfortable and accustomed to a new place. WORD FAMILY habituate: habituated, habituates, habituating, habituation+/habit: habitable, habited, habiting, habits, habitual, habituate/habitable: habitability, habitableness/habitual: habitually/habituation: habituations USAGE EXAMPLES The scientists tested slime molds' ability to habituate by challenging them with quinine and caffeine — chemicals that are bitter-tasting but otherwise harmless. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Use it all the time and you habituate; the words lose their oomph. Time(Dec 15, 2016) And yet there are bits of design elegance in the game, moments at which it manages to slip the surly bonds of habituated mediocrity. Time(Nov 04, 2016) 1v make psychologically or physically used (to something) She became habituated to the background music Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper accustom harden, indurate, inure cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate teach accustom gradually to some action or attitude addict, hook to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) callous, cauterise, cauterize make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v take or consume (regularly or habitually) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper use drink, tope drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic board lodge and take meals (at) consume, have, ingest, take, take in serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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