haunt

haunt

[hɔ:nt]

n.常到的地方
vt.缠住, 常到, 出没(像鬼魂一样)
vi.徘徊,出没(像鬼魂一样)

例句与用法:

The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again.

那鬼魂已经祛除,不会再回来缠著你了。

The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel.

据说玛格丽特女士的鬼魂常在这个礼拜堂出没。

A spirit haunts the castle.

幽灵常出没于古堡。

The years of the war still haunt me.

战争年代的往事仍常浮现在我的脑海。

词形变化:

名词: haunter | 动词过去式: haunted | 动词过去分词: haunted | 动词现在分词: haunting | 动词第三人称单数: haunts |


vt.[W]

1. (鬼魂等)常出没于[H]

The building was said to be haunted by the ghost of a leper woman.

据说这幢大楼常有一个麻疯病女人的鬼魂出没。

2. (思想, 回忆等)萦绕在……心头; 使困扰[H]

The grafter was constantly haunted by fear of discovery.

那收贿人因怕被人发觉而经常提心吊胆。

3. 经常去(某地); 缠住(某人)

As a girl, she used to haunt the local theater.

小时候, 她常去当地那家剧院看戏。

n.[C]

1. 常去的地方

This coffee shop is one of his haunts.

这家咖啡馆是他经常出入的地方。

2. (动物的)栖息地

3. (罪犯等的)巢穴


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