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.纏住;常到;出沒(像鬼魂一樣)
- vi.徘徊;出沒(像鬼魂一樣)
词源解说
- 13世紀初期進入英語,直接源自古法語的hanter,意爲常到,常去。
词根记忆
- 姑媽(aunt)常去的地方(haunt)是商店
- 姑媽(aunt)常來拜訪(haunt),使人苦惱
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- haunted:閙鬼的;反複出現的;受到睏擾的。
- haunting:不易忘懷的,縈繞於心頭的;給人以強烈感受的。
- v性質的同根詞
- haunted:常去;纏住;使擔憂(haunt的過去式和過去分詞)。
- haunting:常去;纏住某人;縈繞在…心中(haunt的ing形式)。
用法辨析
- haunt的基本意思是“常到”,指人或物經常出沒於某一地方,引申可作“纏繞”“縈繞”解,指某情景或想法縂是牽掛在心上,揮之不去。
- haunt可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時接名詞或代詞作賓語。
- haunt的過去分詞haunted可用作形容詞,在句中作定語。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- They haunted the art galleries.
他們經常去美術館。 - She had a haunted look, as if she were constantly anxious or afraid.
她顯出一種提心吊膽的樣子,似乎她縂在擔驚受怕。 - The area was a haunt of criminals.
這個地區是罪犯經常出沒的地方。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
其他
用作名詞 (n.)
词组短语
- haunt still 仍然縈繞
- haunt constantly 縂是縈繞
- haunt frightfully 令人毛骨悚然地纏繞
- haunt hideously 令人驚駭地縈繞
- haunt mysteriously 神秘地出沒
用作動詞 (v.)
~+副詞
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