英语词汇“haunt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

haunthaunt1 /hɔnt, hɑnt/ ●○○ verb [transitive not in progressive]

ETYMOLOGYhaunt¹

Origin: 1100-1200 French hanter

VERB TABLE

haunt

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	haunt
	he, she, it	haunts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	haunted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have haunted
	he, she, it	has haunted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had haunted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will haunt
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have haunted

COLLOCATIONS► come back to haunt

All your mistakes will come back to haunt you.

1if the spirit of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often: People say the house is haunted by a former slave.2if something haunts you, you keep remembering it and it makes you worry and feel sad: Memories of the war still haunt her.3to cause problems for someone over a long period of time: All your mistakes will come back to haunt you.

verb | noun

haunthaunt2 noun [countable]

COLLOCATIONS► somebody’s old/usual/favorite haunt

a bar that is the favorite haunt of local writers

a place that someone likes to go to often: somebody’s old/usual/favorite haunt a bar that is the favorite haunt of local writers