haunt

🇺🇸 /hɔːnt/ 🇬🇧 /hɔːnt/
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标签 TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
verb
C1

If a ghost is said to haunt a place, people believe they have seen it there.

A ghost is said to haunt the old castle.

据说有鬼魂出没于那座古堡。

C1

If something bad haunts you, it stays in your mind and you cannot forget it.

Memories of the accident haunt her every night.

事故的记忆每晚都萦绕在她心头。

C1

To cause problems for someone for a long time.

His mistakes continue to haunt his reputation.

他的错误继续困扰着他的声誉。

noun
R

A place that someone visits often.

The café was his favorite haunt to relax.

那家咖啡馆是他最喜欢去放松的常去之处。

translation

v. (鬼魂)出没于, (不好的事)萦绕, 长期困扰
n. 常去的地方

词形变化

Perfect haunted
3rd Present haunts
Plural haunts
Past haunted
Progressive haunting