custom

custom汉语翻译：
n. 习惯, 风俗, 海关, 自定义
a. 定制的
【计】定制; 自定义
【经】商业惯例词意辨析：
habit, practice, custom, convention这组名词一般含义为“习惯”。
habit: 指个人的“习惯”，通常用于表示做事、思考问题或行为举止的不自觉的方式方法。

that proved to be my undoing, for i soon got back to my old bad habit of dozing off in front of the screen.
这证明是我的失败，因为我不久就回到在电视屏幕前打瞌睡的坏习惯去了。

practice: 既可表示个人的也可表示社会的“习惯”，这种“习惯”从性质上看是一种反复不断的或是有选择性的行为或者方法。

on the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat——the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
在另一方面，一想到用动物油煎马铃薯，你便会作呕。然而在许多北欧国家里，这是为大家接受的通常习惯。

she walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open,yet following her general practice she had shut them before going out.
她慢慢地走进厅堂，并且立刻发现所有的房门都是开着的。但是按照她自己的一般习惯，她在外出前总是把门全部关好的。

custom: 具有 habit 和 practice 的一切含义，此外，custom 还包含这样一层意思：长期而广泛采用的行为或方法，即风俗习惯，按照某地区人们共同生活及其行为的准则或规范，它不仅有指导意义，而且具有必须遵循的意义。

don't be a slave to custom.
不要做风俗习惯的奴隶。

from the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behaviour.
一个人从诞生的那一时刻起，他降生后所处的风俗习惯便给他的阅历和行为定型。

convention: 其实是其他3个词的近义词，它的含义为：固定的或公众一致承认的行事或表达思想的方法。

they disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.
他们不顾社会习俗，并未意识到自己在做些与众不同的事。

英语解释：
名词 custom:

accepted or habitual practice同义词：usage, usance

a specific practice of long standing同义词：tradition

money collected under a tariff同义词：customs, customs duty, impost

habitual patronage

形容词 custom:

made according to the specifications of an inpidual同义词：custom-made, customized, customised

例句：

The custom of young ladies being presented at court (ie formally introduced to the monarch) has disappeared.年轻女子被举荐入宫(觐见君主)的风俗已不复存在。

Custom rules the law.[谚]风俗左右法律。

Social customs vary greatly from country to country.国与国之间的社会习俗有很大差异。

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。

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。

详细解释：
cus.tom
n.（名词）
A practice followed by people of a particular group or region.
习俗，风俗：某一特定群体或地区的人们所遵循的惯例
A habitual practice of a person:
习惯：某人的习惯性做法：
例句：
my custom of reading a little before sleep.See Synonyms at habit
我习惯在睡觉前先看会儿书参见 habit
Law A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
【法律】习惯法：一个共同传统或用法根深蒂固以致于它开始具有法律的威力和效力
Habitual patronage, as of a store.
经常惠顾：对商店等经常的惠顾
Habitual customers; patrons.
老主顾，主顾：经常性的顾客；主顾
customs (used with a sing. verb)
customs （与单数动词连用）
A duty or tax imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
关税：对进口货物且很少对出口货物征收的一种税
The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
海关：被授权征收这些税收的政府机构
The procedure for inspecting goods and baggage entering a country.
海关检查：在货物和行李进入某个国家时进行检查的程序
Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
交租：封建时代佃农向领主缴纳或提供的贡品、劳役或租税
adj.（形容词）
Made to order.
定做的：按照定单制作的
Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods:
专做定货的：专门制作或出售定制货物的：
例句：
a custom tailor.
专做定制衣服的裁缝
来源：
Middle English custume
中古英语 custume
from Old French costume
源自 古法语 costume
from Latin cônsuôtôdô cônsuôtôdin-
源自 拉丁语 cônsuôtôdô cônsuôtôdin-
from cônsuôtus [past participle of] cônsuôscere [to accustom]
源自 cônsuôtus [] cônsuôscere的过去分词 [习惯]
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前缀，表示加强语气] *参见 com-
suôscere [to become accustomed] * see s(w)e-
suôscere [变得习惯] *参见 s(w)e-