haunt
音标发音
- 英式音标 [hɔːnt]
- 美式音标 [hɔnt, hɑnt]
- 国际音标 [hɔ:nt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.常到的地方
- vt.缠住；常到；出没(像鬼魂一样)
- vi.徘徊；出没(像鬼魂一样)
词源解说
- 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的hanter，意为常到，常去。
词根记忆
- 姑妈(aunt)常去的地方(haunt)是商店
- 姑妈(aunt)常来拜访(haunt)，使人苦恼
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- haunted：闹鬼的；反复出现的；受到困扰的。
- haunting：不易忘怀的，萦绕于心头的；给人以强烈感受的。
- v性质的同根词
- haunted：常去；缠住；使担忧（haunt的过去式和过去分词）。
- haunting：常去；缠住某人；萦绕在…心中（haunt的ing形式）。
用法辨析
- haunt的基本意思是“常到”,指人或物经常出没于某一地方,引申可作“缠绕”“萦绕”解,指某情景或想法总是牵挂在心上,挥之不去。
- haunt可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
- haunt的过去分词haunted可用作形容词,在句中作定语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- They haunted the art galleries.
他们经常去美术馆。 - She had a haunted look, as if she were constantly anxious or afraid.
她显出一种提心吊胆的样子,似乎她总在担惊受怕。 - The area was a haunt of criminals.
这个地区是罪犯经常出没的地方。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
其他
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- haunt still 仍然萦绕
- haunt constantly 总是萦绕
- haunt frightfully 令人毛骨悚然地缠绕
- haunt hideously 令人惊骇地萦绕
- haunt mysteriously 神秘地出没
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词
英英字典
- (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE) to cause repeated suffering or anxiety
- (SPIRIT) (of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly
- a place often visited
- If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time.
- Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time.
- A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there.
- A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them.
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专业释义
- 常去