noun
风俗;习俗
an accepted way of behaving or of doing things in a society or a community
an old/ancient custom
旧的 / 古老的习俗
the custom of giving presents at Christmas
在圣诞节赠送礼品的习俗
It's a local custom .
这是当地的风俗习惯。
It is the custom in that country for women to marry young.
女子早婚是那个国家的风俗。
(个人的)习惯,习性,惯常行为
the way a person always behaves
It was her custom to rise early.
早起是她的习惯。
As was his custom, he knocked three times.
他敲了三下,这是他的习惯。
(顾客对商店的)惠顾,光顾
the fact of a person or people buying goods or services at a shop/store or business
Thank you for your custom. Please call again.
谢谢您的惠顾,请下次再来。
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。
adj.
custom
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N-VAR 风俗;习俗
A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances.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。
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N-SING 个人习惯;习性;惯常行为
If it is your custom to do something, you usually do it in particular circumstances.It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously...
他习惯谨慎地处理每一个问题。
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N-UNCOUNT 光顾;惠顾
If a shop has your custom, you regularly buy things there.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。
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ADJ 定做的;量身设计的
If you use custom to describe something such as a vehicle or a piece of clothing, you mean that it has been designed for one particular customer.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。
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See also:customs
noun
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- accepted or habitual practice
- Synonym: usage usance
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- habitual patronage
- I have given this tailor my custom for many years
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- a specific practice of long standing
- Synonym: tradition
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- money collected under a tariff
- Synonym: customs customs duty impost
adj
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- made according to the specifications of an individual
- Synonym: custom-made
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It is the custom in that country for women to marry young .
女子早婚是那个国家的风俗。
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This particular custom has its origins in Wales .
这一特殊风俗起源于威尔士。
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The programme was about customs in different parts of the country .
这个节目介绍全国各地的风俗习惯。
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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。
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This custom is found in people of all races throughout the world .
这一习俗在全世界各种族中都有。
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Customs officials turned the man over to the police .
海关官员把那个男子移交给警方看管。
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Social customs provide a vital link between generations .
社会风俗在代与代之间起到了极其重要的纽带作用。
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It was her custom to rise early .
早起是她的习惯。
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The custom dates back hundreds of years .
这一习俗可以追溯到几百年前。
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It 's a local custom .
这是当地的风俗习惯。
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Some strange customs have survived from earlier times .
有些奇怪的风俗是从早年留存下来的。
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A swoop by customs officers netted a large quantity of drugs .
海关人员突然袭击,缉获大量毒品。
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We whipped through customs in ten minutes .
我们十分钟便办完了海关手续。
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The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country .
这些妇女戴着面纱是遵从这个国家的习俗。
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The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin .
海关查获了大量走私的海洛因。
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The customs officers searched through our bags .
海关官员搜遍了我们的行李。
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Customs officials foiled an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country .
海关关员阻截了一次企图走私画作出境的阴谋。
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This phrase comes from bakers ' old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen .
源自旧时面包店老板的习惯,即给所订购的一打面包搭送一条面包。
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This custom was still current in the late 1960s .
这种习俗在20世纪60年代末仍然很普遍。
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Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment
海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。
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It was his custom to approach every problem cautiously
他习惯谨慎地处理每一个问题。
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Providing discounts is not the only way to win custom .
打折并不是招揽顾客的唯一途径。
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It was his custom in buying real estate to offer a rather low price .
他在购买地产时习惯把价格压得很低。
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Allow twenty-five minutes to get through Passport Control and Customs
留出25分钟过护照检查处和海关。
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Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that .
海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
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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。
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You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs
你可以携带120瓶免税通过海关。
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He watched the Customs official peer into the driver 's window .
他看见海关官员透过驾驶座车窗仔细地往里看。
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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。
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He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn 't understand our local customs
他一定是刚到镇上来的,明显不了解我们这儿的风俗。