habituate
/həˈbɪtʃ.u.eɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /həˈbɪtʃ.u.eɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt ha-, -chü-ˌāt/ (ame, mw)
habituate — verb
- habituatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- habituates3rd person singular
- habituating-ing form
- habituatedpast simple
1. to become familiar and comfortable with a new situation, place, or habit by expe
to become familiar and comfortable with a new situation, place, or habit by experiencing it many times, or to help someone or an animal become familiar and comfortable with it
After three months of night shifts, Dr. Okafor's body slowly habituated to sleeping during the day.
intransitive use: habituate + to + gerund
The Watanabe family habituated their rescue dog to city noises by taking short walks near busy streets each evening.
transitive use: habituate + object + to + noun
New students soon habituate to the early morning routine of exercises and classes at the boarding school.
The shelter volunteers worked patiently to habituate the frightened kittens to being held and touched by people.
- accustom
more common in everyday English; 'accustom oneself to' is the standard phrase where 'habituate' sounds formal
- acclimatize
specifically refers to adapting to a new climate or physical environment
- adjust
broader meaning; can be emotional, social, or mechanical; less formal than 'habituate'
- become inured to
implies becoming less sensitive to something unpleasant; more literary register
- unaccustom
rare; 'unused to' as a phrase is far more common
文法句型
habituate + to + noun/gerund
habituate + object + to + noun/gerund
habituate oneself + to + noun/gerund
用法筆記
Frequently used with a reflexive pronoun, especially in formal writing: habituate oneself to. The intransitive form (e.g., 'she habituated to the cold') is less common and typically describes a gradual, involuntary process.