橘子朗文词典

haunt

H 开头单词六级词汇专四核心词专八核心词雅思备考词托福词汇GRE词汇GMAT词汇词源字典

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

    v. (动词)

  • 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。

英汉例句

    用作动词 (v.)

    用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • They haunted the art galleries.
    他们经常去美术馆。

    • 其他

  • 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。

    • 用作名词 (n.)

  • The area was a haunt of criminals.
    这个地区是罪犯经常出没的地方。

词组短语

    用作动词 (v.)

    ～+副词

  • 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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (REPEATEDLY TROUBLE) to cause repeated suffering or anxiety
  • (SPIRIT) (of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly
  • a place often visited

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.

专业释义

    医药科学

  • 常去