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haunts

UK //hɔːnts//US //hɔːnts//

词源

源自中古英语 'haunten',来自古法语 'hanter',可能源自日耳曼语系,与古诺尔斯语 'heimta'(带回家)有关。

verb

❶ 指鬼魂或记忆频繁出现在某地或某人脑海中,常带有挥之不去的意味。也可指某人经常去某个地方。

“The ghost of the old sailor haunts this lighthouse.”

(老水手的鬼魂经常出没在这座灯塔里。)

“Memories of the war still haunt him after all these years.”

(战争的记忆多年后仍萦绕在他心头。)

同义词:frequent, visit often, torment, plague, obsess

noun

❶ 指某人经常去的地方,或鬼魂出没的场所。常用于描述熟悉的聚集地或带有超自然色彩的地点。

“This café used to be one of his favorite haunts.”

(这家咖啡馆曾是他最常去的地方之一。)

“The forest is known as a haunt of witches.”

(这片森林以女巫出没地而闻名。)

同义词:hangout, gathering place, stomping ground, den, lair

常见短语

old haunt — 指某人过去经常去的地方,带有怀旧或熟悉的情感色彩。

“I went back to my old haunt and found it completely changed.”

(我回到以前常去的地方,发现它已经完全变了样。)

haunt one's dreams — 形容某事在梦中反复出现,让人难以摆脱,通常指令人不安的回忆或经历。

“The accident still haunts her dreams after ten years.”

(十年过去了,那场事故仍然萦绕在她的梦中。)