haunt
verb · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.
- 2.
(transitive)To make uneasy, restless.
The memory of his past failures haunted him.
- 3.
(transitive)To stalk; to follow.
The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.
- 4.
(archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- 5.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- 6.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- 7.
(intransitive)To persist in staying or visiting.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.
I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.
Đồng nghĩa: repair
- 2.
(dialectal)(dialect) A ghost.
Đồng nghĩa: haint
- 3.
A lair or feeding place of animals.
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ine-pro From Middle English haunten (to reside, inhabit, use, employ), from Old French hanter (to inhabit, frequent, resort to), from hanter (to go back home, frequent), from Old Norse heimta (to bring home, fetch) or/and from Old English hāmettan (to bring home; house; cohabit with);