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haunt
/ˈhɔnt, ˈhɑnt/
常到的地方,生息地(vt.)常到,出沒于,縈繞于(vi.)出沒,作祟
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Haunt
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Haunted
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Haunting
.]
1.
To
frequent
;
to
resort
to
frequently
;
to
visit
pertinaciously
or
intrusively
;
to
intrude
upon
.
You
wrong
me
,
sir
,
thus
still
to
haunt
my
house
.
--
Shak
.
Those
cares
that
haunt
the
court
and
town
.
--
Swift
.
2.
To
inhabit
or
frequent
as
a
specter
;
to
visit
as
a
ghost
or
apparition
; --
said
of
spirits
or
ghosts
,
especially
of
dead
people
;
as
,
the
murdered
man
haunts
the
house
where
he
died
.
Foul
spirits
haunt
my
resting
place
.
--
Fairfax
.
3.
To
practice
;
to
devote
one's
self
to
. [
Obs
.]
That
other
merchandise
that
men
haunt
with
fraud
. . .
is
cursed
.
--
Chaucer
.
Leave
honest
pleasure
,
and
haunt
no
good
pastime
.
--
Ascham
.
4.
To
accustom
;
to
habituate
. [
Obs
.]
Haunt
thyself
to
pity
.
--
Wyclif
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Haunt
,
v. i.
To
persist
in
staying
or
visiting
.
I've
charged
thee
not
to
haunt
about
my
doors
.
--
Shak
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Haunt
,
n.
1.
A
place
to
which
one
frequently
resorts
;
as
,
drinking
saloons
are
the
haunts
of
tipplers
;
a
den
is
the
haunt
of
wild
beasts
.
Note:
☞
In
Old
English
the
place
occupied
by
any
one
as
a
dwelling
or
in
his
business
was
called
a
haunt
.
Note:
Often
used
figuratively
.
The
household
nook
,
The
haunt
of
all
affections
pure
. --
Keble
.
The
feeble
soul
,
a
haunt
of
fears
.
--
Tennyson
.
2.
The
habit
of
resorting
to
a
place
. [
Obs
.]
The
haunt
you
have
got
about
the
courts
.
--
Arbuthnot
.
3.
Practice
;
skill
. [
Obs
.]
Of
clothmaking
she
hadde
such
an
haunt
.
--
Chaucer
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
haunt
n
:
a
frequently
visited
place
[
syn
:
hangout
,
resort
,
repair
,
stamping ground
]
v
1:
follow
stealthily
or
recur
constantly
and
spontaneously
to
;
"
her
ex-boyfriend
stalked
her
"; "
the
ghost
of
her
mother
haunted
her
" [
syn
:
stalk
]
2:
haunt
like
a
ghost
;
pursue
; "
Fear
of
illness
haunts
her
"
[
syn
:
obsess
,
ghost
]
3:
be
a
regular
or
frequent
visitor
to
a
certain
place
; "
She
haunts
the
ballet
" [
syn
:
frequent
]
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