haunt

🇺🇸 /hɔːnt/ 🇬🇧 /hɔːnt/
詞頻
難度
標籤 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.

據說有鬼魂出沒於那座古堡。

C1

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

Memories of the accident haunt her every night.

事故的記憶每晚都縈繞在她心頭。

C1

To cause problems for someone for a long time.

His mistakes continue to haunt his reputation.

他的錯誤繼續困擾著他的聲譽。

noun
R

A place that someone visits often.

The café was his favorite haunt to relax.

那家咖啡館是他最喜歡去放鬆的常去之處。

translation

v. (鬼魂)出沒於, (不好的事)縈繞, 長期困擾
n. 常去的地方

詞形變化

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