Wont

(a.) Using or doing customarily; accustomed; habituated; used.

(n.) Custom; habit; use; usage.

(imp.) of Wont

(p. p.) of Wont

(v. i.) To be accustomed or habituated; to be used.

(v. t.) To accustom; -- used reflexively.

霍华德编辑

• No, it is not selfishness or conceit, said he, answering, as was his wont, my thoughts rather than my words. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• We are wont to dispute concerning the nature of mathematical points, but seldom concerning the nature of their ideas. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Juries,' said Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane tightly, as was his wont when working into a passion: 'juries is ineddicated, vulgar, grovelling wretches. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The fact was, Madame was only acting according to her quite justifiable wont. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Lydgate's thought, when Bulstrode paused according to his wont, was, He has perhaps been losing a good deal of money. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• While I described the disaster, Mr. Jaggers stood, according to his wont, before the fire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Sir,' rejoined Mrs. Sparsit, 'there was wont to be an elasticity in you which I sadly miss. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The rite over, his niece, according to her wont, stepped up to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The Pilgrim, raising his finger in an attitude as if to express caution, added, Gurth, beware--thou are wont to be prudent. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• One is from Hexamshire; he is wont to trace the Tynedale and Teviotdale thieves, as a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She was willing to allow he might have more good qualities than she had been wont to suppose. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• As countryman was wont to meet countryman in distant lands, did we greet our visitors on their landing, with outstretched hands and gladsome welcome. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Hypochondria has that wont, to rise in the midst of thousands--dark as Doom, pale as Maladyand well-nigh strong as Death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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