haunt /hɔːnt/ CET6 TEM4 ( haunting, haunted, haunts )

• 1. 

  V-T If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time. (令人不愉快的事) 萦绕在心头

  例：

  He would always be haunted by that scene in Well Park.

  他将不断回想起威尔公园的那一幕。

• 2. 

  V-T Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time. 长期不断地纠缠

  例：

  The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life.

  作为一名破产者的耻辱很可能在他的余生不断来纠缠他。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there. 常去之处

  例：

  The islands are a favourite summer haunt for yachtsmen.

  这片岛屿是游艇驾驶者夏天最爱去的一个地方。

• 4. 

  V-T 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. (鬼魂等) 常出没于

  例：

  His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.

  据说他的鬼魂常在其中一些屋子里出现，还敲打着一个玩具鼓。