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H (also h) /eitJV noun [C, U] {pi. Hs, H’s, h’s /'eitjiz/) the 8th letter of the English alphabet     8 TT1#:

‘Hat’ begins with (an) H/‘H’. * hat — -ft ¥fif h Jf A0 — compare aitch — see also H-bomb

ha1 /ha:/ exclamation 1 (also hah) the sound that people make when they are surprised or pleased or when they have discovered sth ( ) Pr:

Ha! It serves you right! P& \ ft ^ ! o Ha! I knew he was hiding something. Pfr! Ac it ilftHIM ft 0 2 (also ha! ha!) the word for the sound that people make when they laugh ( ^^ ) 3 (also ha! ha!)

{informal, ironic) used to show that you do not think that sth is funny (      ) : Ha! Ha! Very

funny! Now give me back my shoes. Pr i Pr i

ha2abbr. (in writing) hectare (

haar /ha:(r)/ noun [C, U] a cold sea fog on the east coast of England or Scotland

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hab eas corpus /.heibias ’koipas; NAmE ’koirpas/ noun [U] (from Latin, law W) a law that states that a person who has been arrested should not be kept in prison longer than a particular period of time unless a judge in court has decided that it is right AJll^ft (

hab erdash er /'haebadaeja^); NAmE ‘haebard-/ noun 1 {old-fashioned, BrE) a person who owns or works in a shop/store selling small articles for sewing, for example, needles, pins, cotton and buttons

) 2 hab er dash er's {pi. hab-erdash-ers) a shop/store that sells these things      M 3 (NAmE)

a person who owns, manages or works in a shop/store that makes and sells men’s clothes M ^ M ± ( ft

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hab erdash ery /.haeba'daejari; NAmE 'haebard-/ noun ipl. -ies) 1 [U] (old-fashioned, BrE) small articles for sewing, for example needles, pins, cotton and buttons £10J A /m 2 [U] {old-fashioned, NAmE) men’s clothes H T ® ^ 3 [C] a shop/store or part of a shop/store where haberdashery is sold £1 *30 Ann ft (        ^ ft Msg

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Habit On/'haebit/ noun

1                  [C] a thing that you do often and almost without thinking, especially sth that is hard to stop doing >) 1©: You need to change your eating habits. ftjff g£$ft $1 fA'fr ^ 'I® c 0 good/bad habits gftf ^'t®; S ^ o He has the irritating habit of biting his nails. ftftf&S: Fb ¥ (ft hfJA A'l®o O It’s all right to borrow money occasionally, but don’t let it become a habit. fUft fa         , ffi

T H # til /3'I® c 0 I’d prefer you not to make a habit of it. M ft T 3? A 1M A # o 0 I’m not in the habit of letting strangers into my apartment. ficA^lfiiiiKft.A o I’ve got into the habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home. 1® 7 ^ ft MWtfJJF ATJL <> I’m trying to break the habit of staying up too late.

l®0 2 [U] usual behaviour  A

'14: I only do it out of habit. ft ji&H Ji ft ft -3 'I® 0 0 I’m a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things). $ ft A    ♦ A M % A 'I® „ 3 [C]

{informal) a strong need to keep using drugs, alcohol or cigarettes regularly (, :IR $ , »§ M, ft 'J® W ) M: He began to finance his habit through burglary. ftiftjfq IR f5^^J5Lft(tfj'#J#0 o She’s tried to give up smoking but just can’t kick the habit. ft$cft;l®,      0 a

50-a-day habit  50    4 [C] a long piece of

clothing worn by a monk or nun (   (f) ) ft

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habitable /'haebitabl/ adj. suitable for people to live in iicF Mft (ft: The house should be habitable by the new year. £ftf|J$rftft‘&ft$GR[IMftftATo HDunin-

HABITABLE

habi tat /'haebitaet/ noun [C, U] the place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found

( th IS VS (ft ) ft tS if , ffi H itfc: The panda’s natural habitat is the bamboo forest. A $1 M (ft AMIftil ifeAft jAo o the destruction of wildlife habitat gf

habi ta tion /.haebi'teij'n/ noun 1 [U] the act of living in a place fg A: They looked around for any signs of habi­tation. if] K W AM ft (ft ii^.o O The houses were unfit for human habitation (= not clean or safe enough for people to live in). IP#J^ft^.iStWAMft o 2 [C] {formal) a place where people live ft&L; ft)®/ M M ife : The road serves the scattered habitations along the coast.

habit-forming adj. a habit-forming activity or drug is one that makes you want to continue doing it or taking

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ha bit ual /ha'bitXuel/ adj. 1 [only before noun] usual or typical of sb/sth 1® # (ft; ^M(ft : They waited for his habitual response.    0 (formal)

a person’s place of habitual residence ^Aifi^Mft^ftft&A

2                  (of an action fj A) done, often in a way that is

annoying or difficult to stop hfJAlft; ±#£(ft: habitual complaining fkTzfkfJ    0 the habitual use of heroin

JJR  S iM 3 [only before noun] (of a person A)

doing sth that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stop >Ttfi ft (ft ; fR <jf M (ft ; a habitual criminal/drinker/liar, etc. 1®XA ^ M i#ft #, ^ m #(ft}f[il#^ RFJI3 Some speakers do not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of habitual and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ before it. This now sounds old-fashioned. ^ A habitual BtZFA h W, fjffiA an jfg^R] a,

ft T o ► hatbit-ual-ly /-tjuali/ adv.: the dark glasses he habitually wore

habituated /ha'bitjueitid/ adj. ~ (to sth) {formal) familiar with sth because you have done it or experi­enced it often       ^3'1® (      Pm

ACCUSTOMED

ha bitue /(h)ae'bitfuei/ noun (from French, formal) a person who goes regularly to a particular place or event : a(n) habitue of upmarket clubs M

BOJ] REGULAR

ha ci enda /.haesi'enda/ noun a large farm in a Spanish­speaking country () AftS, A hack /hsek/ verb, noun

mverb 1 [+adv./prep.] to cut sb/sth with rough, heavy blows 0C; ff: [VN] I hacked the dead branches off. licfE ft W ft W T o 0 They were hacked to death as they tried to escape. fMl A®o We had to hack our way through the jungle. $tcfnTf#Tft Aft ft O [V] We hacked away at the bushes.

)]: M A A o 2 [VN + adv./prep.] to kick sth roughly or without control W$j: He hacked the ball away. ftfEfA —JFo 3 (computing if) ~ (into) (sth) to secretly find a way of looking at and/or changing information on sb else’s computer system without permission # ft ft A ( ft A if % #1 fk ) :        [V] He hacked into the bank’s

computer. ft^AT0 [VN] They had hacked secret data, ft ff] 15 T ^ ^        ^ 0 4 [VN] can/

can’t ~ it (informaf) to be able/not able to manage in a particular situation  ( ^Jlf ) : Lots of

people leave this job because they can’t hack it. jfl A 5[V] (usually go

hacking) {especially BrE) to ride a horse for pleasure if Aft'iS 6 [V] {NAmE, informal) to drive a taxi i" noun 1 {disapproving) a writer, especially of newspaper articles, who does a lot of low quality work and does not get paid much MftXX (

) 2 {disapproving) a person who does the hard and often boring work for an organization, especially a politician (       R,

IfFWA; ^#AM: a party hack i$ $£ & # A %

3                  a horse for ordinary riding or one that can be hired AAJJf (ftft; RTttSf&lftM 4 {NAmE, informal) a taxi

ft 5an act of hitting sth, especially with a cutting tool

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.hacked 'off adj. [not before noun] {BrE, informal) ex­tremely annoyed   I’m really hacked off.

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