wont
wont 英 [wəʊnt] 美 [wɔnt]
n. 习惯；惯常活动 adj. 习惯于 vi. 习惯，惯常
名词复数:wonts
- A wont is a custom or habit, like my wont to drink at least ten cups of coffee a day. (In this particular example, some people might call my wont an addiction.)
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- n. 习惯；惯常活动
- adj. 习惯于
- vi. 习惯，惯常
- vt. 使习惯于
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1. The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world; and to cold, no less physical than social, we refer directly a great part of our ails.
可怜的人们总是习惯于抱怨这个世界的寒冷；我们也把大部分疾患的成因直接归罪于寒冷——既有自然的寒冷，也有人际的冷漠。
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2. I wont check this baggage.
这件行李我不托运。
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3. Send ‘Em Snacking: If your food allergic child is attending a holiday party at a school or at a friends house be sure to send him with a few fun snacks that he can eat so he wont feel left out.
带些适合自己的点心：如果你的孩子对某些食物过敏，当他们在学校或朋友家里参加一个节日派对时，让他带些自己可以吃的食物，这样他就不会有被冷落的感觉。
- wont (adj.) "accustomed," Middle English contraction of Old English wunod, past participle of wunian "to dwell, inhabit, exist; be accustomed, be used to," from Proto-Germanic *wunen "to be content, to rejoice" (source also of Old Saxon wunon, Old Frisian wonia "to dwell, remain, be used to," Old High German wonen, German wohnen "to dwell;" related to win (v.) and wean), from PIE root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for." The original meaning of the Germanic verbs was "be content, rejoice."
- wont (n.) "habitual usage, custom," c. 1400, from wont, adjective and verb.
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