Haunt
[hɔːnt] or [hɔnt]
解释:
(noun.) a frequently visited place.
(verb.) haunt like a ghost; pursue; 'Fear of illness haunts her'.
(verb.) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; 'her ex-boyfriend stalked her'; 'the ghost of her mother haunted her'.
克拉丽斯编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
(v. t.) To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
(v. t.) To practice; to devote one's self to.
(v. t.) To accustom; to habituate.
(v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
(n.) A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
(n.) The habit of resorting to a place.
(n.) Practice; skill.
艾比校对
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Frequent, resort to.
n. Retreat, resort, den, place much frequented.
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解释:
v.t. to frequent: to follow importunately: to intrude upon continually: to inhabit or visit as a ghost.—v.i. to be much about: to appear or visit frequently.—n. a place much resorted to: (Shak.) habit of frequenting.—p.adj Haunt′ed frequented infested esp. by ghosts or apparitions.—n. Haunt′er.—adv. Haunt′ingly.
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例句:
- The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- And why did Bretton and my fourteenth year haunt me thus? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Lina, you will haunt me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Follow her at once to her favorite haunt. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- She understood that Rosedale was ready to lend her money; and the longing to take advantage of his offer began to haunt her insidiously. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- He grudged the time lost between Piccadilly and his old haunt at the Slaughters', whither he drove faithfully. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Does nothing, then, haunt it, nothing inspire it? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I was haunted by the file too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- I am haunted by the fear that our coming to Milton has killed her. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- At another time we were haunted for several days by an apparition, to which our people gave the appellation of the Black Spectre. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I was so haunted at last by the idea, though I knew there was nothing in it, that I stole into the next room to look at him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- O the many, many nights and days through which the unquiet spirit within me haunted that house when Estella lived there! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Their minds were haunted by the idea of sin and the need for bloody propitiations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He haunts you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Jesus was to him the Easter lamb, that traditional human victim without spot or blemish who haunts all the religions of the dark white peoples. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Oh, I track the fairest fair Through new haunts of pleasure; Footprints here and echoes there Guide me to my treasure: Lo! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Was it not one of Robin Hood's haunts? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I won't shed blood; it's always found out, and haunts a man besides. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Like all party men Woodrow Wilson had thrust upon him here a danger that haunts every political program. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- That summons to a new way of life haunts our world to-day, haunts wealth and comfort and every sort of success. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It was as if some haunting challenge prompted her, and she had not enough courage to take it up. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Haunting every place. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- A constant thought and terror is haunting her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- To have her haunting the Abbey, and thanking him all day long for his great kindness in marrying Jane? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- He knew from his daughter the various towns which Rigaud had been haunting, and the various hotels at which he had been living for some time back. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Are there evil influences haunting the air, and poisoning it for man? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He was out of spirits and slightly out of temper, and a haunting horror of doing the same thing every day at the same hour besieged his brain. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
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