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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Haunt \Haunt\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Haunting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh.
from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see
{Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to
heim home (see {Home}). [root]36.]
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.
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.
Haunt \Haunt\, v. i.
To persist in staying or visiting.
I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. --Shak.
Haunt \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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]