haunt

• vt. 常出沒於…；縈繞於…；經常去…
• vi. 出沒；作祟
• n. 棲息地；常去的地方

來自Proto-Germanic*haimaz,家，住所，詞源同home.該詞原指死後回家的靈魂，引申詞義鬼魂出沒，縈繞。拚寫比較lamp,lantern.

haunt

haunt: [13] Etymologically, a ghost that haunts a building is only using the place as its ‘home’. The word’s distant ancestor is the prehistoric Germanic verb *khaimatjan, a derivative of the noun *khaimaz (source of English home). This was borrowed by Old French as hanter ‘frequent a place’, and passed on to English as haunt. Its main modern supernatural meaning did not develop until the 16th century (the first records of this sense come in Shakespeare’s plays).
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haunt (v.)

early 13c., "to practice habitually, busy oneself with, take part in," from Old French hanter "to frequent, resort to, be familiar with" (12c.), probably from Old Norse heimta "bring home," from Proto-Germanic *haimatjanan "to go or bring home," from *haimaz- "home" (see home (n.)). Meaning "to frequent (a place)" is c. 1300 in English. Use in reference to a spirit returning to the house where it had lived perhaps was in Proto-Germanic, but it was reinforced by Shakespeare's plays, and it is first recorded 1590 in "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

haunt (n.)

c. 1300, "place frequently visited," also in Middle English, "a habit, custom" (early 14c.), from haunt (v.) in its original sense of "to practice habitually." The meaning "spirit that haunts a place, ghost" is first recorded 1843, originally in stereotypical U.S. black speech, from the later meaning of the verb.

1. The place is the haunt of off-duty policemen.

這裏是不當班的警察經常光顧的地方。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The area was a haunt of criminals.

這個地區是罪犯經常出沒的地方.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. They say ghosts haunt this house.

據說這所房子裏常鬧鬼.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. People say ghosts haunt that old house.

據說那座老宅子有鬼魂出沒.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. The college library is a favorite haunt.

大學圖書館是人們喜歡的地方.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》