1. 1常客(較文的法語借詞;口語多說「常客」就夠)

    A habitué is someone who goes to the same place, or the same kind of event, so often that the place feels like theirs — the woman always at that jazz club, the man who never misses Thursday at the café. Staff may already know their order.

    A habitué一個habitué(常客) is someone指的是一個人 who goes to the same place常去同一個地方,or或 the same kind of event同一種場合,so常常到 often that the place feels like theirs那地方感覺像是他自己的——the woman像那個 always at that jazz club總是在那家爵士俱樂部的女人,the man那個 who never misses Thursday at the café每週四都準時出現在咖啡館的男人。Staff店員 may already know可能早就知道 their order他們要點什麼。

    It is a French word still wearing French clothes, so it sounds educated, a little old-fashioned, and a little stylish.

    It它 is a French word是個法文字 still wearing French clothes還穿著法文的外衣,so所以 it sounds educated聽起來有教養,a little old-fashioned有點老派,and而且 a little stylish有點時髦。

    You meet it in writing and in reviews more than in young people’s speech. Nobody is being if they have never heard it; the everyday English is regular or regular customer.

    You你 meet it會在 in writing and in reviews文章和評論裡遇到它 more than更甚於 in young people's speech在年輕人的口語裡。Nobody沒有人 is being unkind算失禮 if如果 they have never heard it沒聽過它;the everyday English日常的英文說法 is regular or regular customer是regular或regular customer(常客)。

    It is about showing up, not about having a “habit” like biting your nails, though the family likeness is real.

    It它 is about showing up講的是常常出現,not about having a "habit"而不是有什麼「習慣」 like biting your nails像咬指甲那樣的習慣,though不過 the family likeness那種親緣關係 is real倒是真的存在。

core核心畫面

組成Borrowed from French habitué, the past participle of habituer, “to frequent,” from Late Latin habituare, “to habituate,” from habitus.

同家族的字

  • habitsame Latin habitus family: a settled way of going on
  • habitualdone regularly, same family
  • habituateto make someone used to something, same family

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

habituénoun/həˈbɪt͡ʃuˌeɪ/

  • 1

    One who frequents a place.

    • A month ago the new smoking ban turned thousands of bar-room habitués into reluctant exiles from their usual corner seat.
    • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • 2

    A devotee.

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