| 单词 | haunt |
| 释义 | haunt —haunter, n. /hawnt, hahnt/; for 10 also /hant/, v.t. 1. to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person. 2. to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with: Memories of love haunted him. 3. to visit frequently; go to often: He haunted the galleries and bars that the artists went to. 4. to frequent the company of; be often with: He haunted famous men, hoping to gain celebrity for himself. 5. to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety; trouble; worry: His youthful escapades came back to haunt him. v.i. 6. to reappear continually as a spirit or ghost. 7. to visit habitually or regularly. 8. to remain persistently; loiter; stay; linger. n. 9. Often, haunts. a place frequently visited: to return to one's old haunts. 10. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. and North Eng. a ghost. [1200-50; ME haunten < OF hanter to frequent, prob. < ON heimta to lead home, deriv. of heim homewards; see HOME] Syn. 3. frequent. 5. obsess, beset, vex, plague. |
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