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habitue

/huh-bich-oo-ey, -bich-oo-ey; French a-bee-twey/US // həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪ, -ˌbɪtʃ uˈeɪ; French a biˈtweɪ //UK // (həˈbɪtjʊˌeɪ) //

习惯,习性,栖息地,居民

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ha·bit·u·és [huh-bich-oo-eyz, -bich-oo-eyz; French a-bee-twey]. /həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪz, -ˌbɪtʃ uˈeɪz; French a biˈtweɪ/.

    • : a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.

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Examples

  • The spirit of our time and of our country knows no such thing, but the habitue of "society" hears constantly of "a good family."

  • Time after time I have seen him committed to prison, until he became a hopeless prison habitue.

  • She was not such an habitue of the theatre as not to be intensely interested with what was enacted before her.

  • We got out our bacon and crackers and enjoyed a supper that no habitue of a Delmonico could have relished more.

  • Without being a habitue of the theater, I have enjoyed it from time to time all along my life-road.