haunt

名词 haunt:

1. a frequently visited place
   同义词：hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground

动词 haunt:

1. follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
   同义词：stalk
2. haunt like a ghost; pursue
   同义词：obsess, ghost
3. be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
   同义词：frequent

1. The ghost has been laid and will not return to haunt you again.
   那鬼魂已经祛除，不会再回来缠著你了。
2. The ghost of Lady Margaret is supposed to haunt this chapel.
   据说玛格丽特女士的鬼魂常在这个礼拜堂出没。
3. A spirit haunts the castle.
   幽灵常出没于古堡。
4. The years of the war still haunt me.
   战争年代的往事仍常浮现在我的脑海。

haunt

v.（动词）
haunt.ed,haunt.ing,haunts
v.tr.（及物动词）
To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
以鬼魂形式出现：以鬼魂或其它超自然物体的形式居住、拜访或出现
To visit often; frequent:
经常拜访；常去：
例句：
haunted the movie theaters.
经常去电影院

To come to mind continually; obsess:
时常萦绕心头；使困窘：
例句：
a riddle that haunted me all morning.
一个困扰我整个上午的谜语

To be continually present in; pervade:
时常出现在；弥漫：
例句：
the melancholy that haunts the composer`s music.
经常出现在那位作曲家音乐中的忧郁

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To recur or visit often, especially as a ghost.
尤指鬼魂重回或常去
n.（名词）
A place much frequented.
常去的地方
[h2nt] Chiefly Southern U.S. A ghost or other supernatural being.
[h2nt] 【多用于美国南部】 鬼或其它超自然物体

来源：
Middle English haunten [to frequent]
中古英语 haunten [常去]
from Old French hanter * see tkei-
源自 古法语 hanter *参见 tkei-

【引伸】
haunt.er
n.（名词）