custom

英 ['kʌstəm] 美['kʌstəm]
  • n. 习惯,惯例;风俗;海关,关税;经常光顾;[总称](经常性的)顾客
  • adj. (衣服等)定做的,定制的

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词态变化


复数: customs;

中文词源


custom 习俗,惯例,海关

来自拉丁词consuetus, 来自词根su, 自己的,词源同self, idiom. 即形成自己的习惯。对进口商品惯常性的征收一定的税金或费用并最终形成专门的政府机构,词义由惯例引申为海关。

英英释意


1. accepted or habitual practice
2. a specific practice of long standing
3. money collected under a tariff
4. habitual patronage;
"I have given this tailor my custom for many years"

英文词源


custom
custom: [12] Custom comes ultimately from Latin consuēscere, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and suēscere ‘become accustomed’. This in turn was derived from suī, the genitive singular of the reflexive pronoun suus ‘oneself’; the notion underlying its formation was therefore ‘that which is one’s own’, a semantic element echoed in Greek ethos ‘custom, usage, trait’, which was based ultimately on Indo-European *swe- ‘oneself’.

From consuēscere was formed the Latin noun consuētūdō ‘being accustomed’ (source of the English legal noun consuetude ‘custom’ [14]). This passed into early Old French as *costudne, which developed via *costumne to custome, the form borrowed into Middle English (English costume came from the same ultimate source, but via Italian costume).

The word’s original sense, ‘habitual practice’, developed various secondary associations, including ‘customary tax’ (whence customs duties) and ‘customary business patronage’ (whence customer). The derivative accustom [15] was borrowed from Anglo-Norman acustumer.

=> accustom, costume
custom (n.)
c. 1200, "habitual practice," from Old French costume "custom, habit, practice; clothes, dress" (12c., Modern French coutume), from Vulgar Latin *consuetumen, from Latin consuetudinem (nominative consuetudo) "habit, usage, way, practice, tradition, familiarity," from consuetus, past participle of consuescere "accustom," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + suescere "become used to, accustom oneself," related to sui, genitive of suus "oneself," from PIE *swe- "oneself" (see idiom). Replaced Old English þeaw. Sense of a "regular" toll or tax on goods is early 14c. The native word here is toll.
custom (adj.)
"made to measure or order," c. 1830, from custom (n.).

同义词辨析


habit, custom, manners, usage, practice, convention, tradition

这些名词均含有"习惯,风俗,传统"之意。

habit: 侧重于自然养成的,不易去掉的个人习惯。

custom: 指一个国家、一个民族、一个地区或一个社会的习惯、行为方式或风俗习惯。也可指个人的习惯。

manners: 指在某一时期或某一团体中盛行的社会礼仪或社会风俗模式。

usage: 指持续时间长,为很多人公认采纳的惯例、习俗。

practice: 常指习惯性的做法或行为。

convention: 多指约定俗成的行为方式规则或公认的标准,或指艺术上公认的技巧。

tradition: 广义指世代相传的伦理、行为规范和生活方式,特指因长久奉行而几乎具有法律效力的习惯、习俗,侧重历史意义。

考试真题


This comfortable cycle, in which the rhythms of the day helped shape the rhythms of the meals, gave rise to the custom of the large midday meal, eaten with the extended family.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But mostly, I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other industry.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Yet each is an independent land, with its own government, trade, and customs.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Because it's the custom " Or even ,I don't know.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Yeah, but that only leaves me 30 minutes to clear customs in getting to the city center and (13) it means I have to check in by 5:30, which means leaving home at about 4:

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Exclusivity, more familiar in the world of high fashion, has reached the kitchen: Robinson&Cornish, a British manufacturer of custom-made kitchens, offers a Georgian-style one which would cost £145,000-155,000— excluding building, plumbing and electrical work.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

These include the centuries-old custom of "bul",  where leaders would call a temporary stop to fishing for key species in order to give fish stocks an opportunity to replenish.

2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

Early forms of cake were simply a kind of bread, so this tradition hits its roots in the custom of sharing bread.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

If in doubt, declare it to customs.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

There's nothing that ticks off a professor more than making him-or herself available for a custom office hour only to find that you don't care enough to come on time.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

These include custom-made navigation tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Morgan helped found modem anthropology--the scientific study of human societies, customs and beliefsthus becoming one of the earliest anthropologists.

出自-2009年考研阅读原文

Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features.

出自-2012年考研翻译原文

The United States is the product of two principal forces-the immigration of European peoples with their varied ideas, customs, and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits.

出自-2015年考研翻译原文

实用场景例句


It's a local custom .
这是当地的风俗习惯。

牛津词典

It is the custom in that country for women to marry young.
女子早婚是那个国家的风俗。

牛津词典

It was her custom to rise early.
早起是她的习惯。

牛津词典

As was his custom, he knocked three times.
他敲了三下,这是他的习惯。

牛津词典

Thank you for your custom. Please call again.
谢谢您的惠顾,请下次再来。

牛津词典

We've lost a lot of custom since prices went up.
自从价格上涨以来我们失去了很多生意。

牛津词典

a custom motorcycle
订制的摩托车

牛津词典

an old/ancient custom
旧的 / 古老的习俗

牛津词典

the custom of giving presents at Christmas
在圣诞节赠送礼品的习俗

牛津词典

It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously...
他习惯谨慎地处理每一个问题。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

As is the custom, police forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris.
像往常一样,警方的法医专家对残骸进行了仔细的查看。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You have the right to withhold your custom if you so wish...
如果你这么不想来,你可以不再光顾。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Providing discounts is not the only way to win custom.
打折并不是招揽顾客的唯一途径。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her one-of-a-kind custom garments are priced from one hundred dollars to more than a thousand dollars.
在她这里定做一件款型独一无二的衣服,价格从100美元到1,000美元以上不等。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Chung has tried to adapt to local customs.
钟努力去适应当地的风俗习惯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries...
点燃奥林匹克圣火的习俗可以追溯到几个世纪前。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Manicipalities naturally want to secure the campers'site fees and other custom.
市政当局自然希望获得露营者的场所费和其它的惠顾.

《用法词典》

They kept to the custom to hold their wedding.
他们按当地风俗举行婚礼.

《简明英汉词典》

It is a custom among the Japanese to remove their footwear before entering a house.
脱鞋进屋是日本人的习惯.

《简明英汉词典》

This custom has fallen into abeyance now.
这个风俗现在已经不时兴了.

《简明英汉词典》

This custom has been passed down since the 18 th century.
这个风俗从18世纪就沿袭下来.

《简明英汉词典》

The custom of worshipping ancestors is prevalent among these people.
崇拜祖先的风俗在这些人中是普遍的.

《简明英汉词典》

The custom has gone out of use.
那种风俗已被废弃.

《简明英汉词典》

The custom still survives.
这种风俗习惯还保存着.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

It is the custom of foreigners to do so.
这种做法是外国人的习惯.

《简明英汉词典》

It is the custom with [ of ] the local people to do so.
这种作法是当地人的习惯.

《现代英汉综合大词典》