| 单词 | haunted |
| 释义 | haunted (once / 465 pages) adj Something that's haunted seems to have ghosts. Visiting a scary haunted house is a great, if terrifying, way to spend Halloween night. Ghosts, or spooky apparitions, are what makes a place haunted. You might truly believe your grandparents' house is haunted, or it might just seem that way because of the scary creaks and groans in the night, the cobwebs in dark corners, and the dim lighting. You can also describe a person as haunted when she's obsessed with or tormented by something: "I was haunted by the memory of my cat killing that poor mouse." WORD FAMILYhaunt: haunted, haunting, haunts+/haunting: hauntingly USAGE EXAMPLESOn Christmas Day, the Answer Wife suggested that Answer Man start a rumor that the Trump International Hotel is haunted. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) I am comforted but haunted by her name in my friends list. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The year was haunted by a sense of doom conjured by the candidates themselves, who argued that choosing the other would summon the apocalypse. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj inhabited by or as if by apparitions a haunted house Syn inhabited having inhabitants; lived in 2adj having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle Syn obsessed, preoccupied, taken up concerned feeling or showing worry or solicitude 3adj showing emotional affliction or disquiet her expression became progressively more haunted Syn troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need |
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