wont

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wont1 /wəʊnt $ wɒːnt/ noun old-fashioned  as is somebody’s wont old-fashioned USUALLYused to say that it is someone’s habit to do something 就像某人惯常那样 He spoke for too long, as is his wont. 他像平常一样讲了太长的时间。

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wont• Organic causes were ruled out so, as is his wont, he sat down and talked to her.• Desmond Seymour-Strachey sat, accepting the bustle, as was his wont.• His horrible wont was to envelop his victim with his wings and suffocate him to death.wont2 adjective formal  be wont to do something formal PROBABLYto be likely to do something 惯于做某事

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wont• The theist thereby comes to justify as a paradox what the atheist is wont to dismiss as a confusion.• It could be catastrophic if he started giving himself airs, as tenors are wont to do.• Be still, my beating heart, as T. Wogan was wont to say.• Ickes is wont to yawn in mid-conversation.Origin wont2 (1100-1200) Past participle of wone “to be used to doing something” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English wunian “to live in a place, be used to”

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wont¹ /wəʊnt $ wɒːnt/ noun old-fashioned
as is sb’s wont used to say that it is someone’s habit to do something:
    He spoke for too long, as is his wont.

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wont² adjective formalbe wont to do something to be likely to do something