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 |
详细释义:
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