haunt

haunt
verb
  1. [with obj.](of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly
    (鬼魂)经常出没于(某处)
    a grey lady who haunts the chapel.
    出没于小教堂中的灰白头发女人。
    ■(of a person) frequent (a place)
    (人)常去(某地)
    he haunts street markets.
    他经常去街市转悠。
    ■be persistently and disturbingly present, especially in someone's mind
    (尤指在脑际)萦绕
    cities haunted by the shadow of cholera.
    霍乱阴影笼罩之下的城市。
    the sight haunted me for years.
    这景象在我心里经年萦绕。
noun
  1. a place frequented by a specified person
    经常拜访之地, 常去之地
    a favourite haunt of artists of the time.
    当时艺术家们喜欢经常去的地方。
派生
haunter
noun
语源
  1. middle English (in the sense 'frequent (a place)'): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home
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