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 custom ['kʌstəm]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 习惯, 风俗, 海关, 自定义

a. 定制的

[计] 定制; 自定义

[经] 商业惯例


  1. It took us only a few minutes to get through the Customs.
    我们的海关检查只花了几分钟时间。
  2. She followed her usual custom of spending Sunday at her villa at the seaside.
    她按照通常的习惯，在海滨别墅度过了星期天。
  3. Social customs vary greatly from country to country.
    国与国之间的社会习俗有很大差异。


custom
[ noun ]
  1. accepted or habitual practice

    2. <noun.act>
  2. a specific practice of long standing

    3. <noun.cognition>
  3. money collected under a tariff

    4. <noun.possession>
  4. habitual patronage

    5. <noun.act>
    I have given this tailor my custom for many years
[ adj ]
  1. made according to the specifications of an individual

    2. <adj.all>


Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. {Accustom}.]
1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] --Gray.

2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] --Bacon.


Custom \Cus"tom\, v. i.
To have a custom. [Obs.]

On a bridge he custometh to fight. --Spenser.


Custom \Cus"tom\, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the
usual tax. See 1st {Custom}.]
1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to
whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. --Rom.
xiii. 7.

2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities,
imported or exported.


Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,
Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.
consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.
consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be
accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,
to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.
so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.]
1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common
to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method
of doing or living.

And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.
21.

Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. --Tennyson.

A custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.
--Shak.

2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a
shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving
orders; business support.

Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
--Addison.

3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten
law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
{Usage}, and {Prescription}.

Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no
custom without usage, though there may be usage without
custom. --Wharton.

4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]

Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. --Shak.

{Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which
affairs of commerce are regulated.

{General customs}, those which extend over a state or
kingdom.

{Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or
district; as, the customs of London.

Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}.


Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t.
To pay the customs of. [Obs.] --Marlowe.

  1. This can hold up shipped cargo, and given the long and complicated Mexican custom procedures, add significantly to costs.
  2. His peace initiative is too important to be stopped in its tracks by the unserious custom of finding fault with his motives, or his methods or, alas too often, his results. Admittedly his score in all three areas is less than perfect.
  3. Mr. Kobayashi donated $100,000 each to the cities of New York and Los Angeles, explaining that the gifts reflected the Japanese custom of presenting a bowl of noodles to a neighbor when you move into a new house.
  4. Britain decided to go ahead with the recommendation without waiting for the international organization to take action, said the transport spokesman who, in line with British custom, is not identified by name.
  5. The lunglike membrane on top of the film has to be custom designed to the respiration rate of each type of produce held in the box, and it requires good refrigeration for optimum performance.
  6. This custom needs to be outlawed in the interests of objectivity and a 'rescue culture'. I hope that the lessons learned from the current spate of avoidable receiverships will be used by the authorities to amend the regime.
  7. A Majorca police spokesman, who would not give his name in keeping with Spanish custom, said it was expected the U.S. request for extradition would be made and acted upon within the legal limit of 80 days.
  8. To develop a custom course, a team of business school professors typically spends weeks interviewing company officials.
  9. The custom jewelry retailing chain's March sales grew to $9.1 million from $8.4 million in the year-earlier month.
  10. It must be a local custom, I thought, stamping feet to welcome the team.
  11. By custom, schoolchildren have recited the pledge for four generations.
  12. Erwin H. Billig, executive vice president and chief operating officer, was named president of this maker of custom engineered parts and specialty products for industry.
  13. By convict custom, a new dealer was selected by a knife fight.
  14. He wasn't identified in accordance with British custom.
  15. Some custom installers and electronics executives worry that the market is headed for a glut of products that will leave consumers more confused and disappointed than encouraged to buy.
  16. The net loss includes a loss from discontinued operations of about $2.4 million related to its South Burlington, Vt., custom assembly business.
  17. A Storehouse spokesman, who wasn't identified, in accordance with British custom, said Thursday the company's contact with Edelman has been limited to the formal notifications concerning his minority stake.
  18. "The matter is under consideration," said a spokesman, speaking anonymously in keeping with British custom.
  19. If people do not like it they can always take their custom elsewhere. The fact that Harrods' dress code has been greeted with such suspicion shows that the customer-is-always-right mentality has gone too far.
  20. Phoenix, which makes custom steel plate and seamless pipe products, currently is seeking a buyer.
  21. China Air Flight 981 then tried to land in South Korea but was rejected by South Korean authorities, said a Foreign Ministry official, who by custom would not be identified by name.
  22. The exchange continued a custom established, at America's suggestion, by Gorbachev and then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986, dropped in 1987 and resumed in 1988.
  23. What might look like Arab nation-states are therefore much closer to tribes held together by military-type rulers according to custom and sanctioned by honor.
  24. However, retired cardinals still are living in Detroit, St. Louis and Los Angeles, and the usual custom is not to name another in their sees in their lifetimes.
  25. The Royal Ulster Constabulary, Northern Ireland's police force, said the man was shot several times at close range just before 3 a.m. A spokesman, speaking anonymously in keeping with British custom, said he could not confirm the man's identity.
  26. "We do not want young people as customers," Lester added. "We think smoking is an adult custom.
  27. Firefighters using cranes and blowtorches rescued about 150 people trapped in the debris of the 70-year-old Yusuf Patel building in southern Bombay, said the officials, who by custom spoke on condition of anonymity.
  28. AT&T NSI will now own 100 percent of AT&T Microelectronica, which in 1985 built a $200 million custom microchip factory just north of Madrid.
  29. Mitterrand and his motocycle escort left first, as is the custom for the host.
  30. Naturally, in keeping with local custom, we eat sumptuously and talk about food.
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