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haunter

/hawnt, hahnt; for 10 also hant/US // hɔnt, hɑnt; for 10 also hænt //UK // (hɔːnt) //

闹事者,出没者,闹鬼者,闹鬼的人

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
    • : to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with: Memories of love haunted him.
    • : to visit frequently; go to often: He haunted the galleries and bars that the artists went to.
    • : to frequent the company of; be often with: He haunted famous men, hoping to gain celebrity for himself.
    • : to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety; trouble; worry: His youthful escapades came back to haunt him.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to reappear continually as a spirit or ghost.
    • : to visit habitually or regularly.
    • : to remain persistently; loiter; stay; linger.
n.名词 noun
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    • : Often haunts. a place frequently visited: to return to one's old haunts.
    • : Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. and North England. a ghost.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • When the season for this seed was over—and the season is always a short one—the haunter of the furrows would perish.

  • Now we are asked to allow a tomb-haunter to call a parricide to disclose that which he himself is ignorant of.

  • Auction-haunter different from prowler, 88 et seq.Authors and compositors, 77 et seq.

  • He is rich it may be; but a haunter of idle and debauched company—a common prizefighter, who has shed human blood like water.

  • The effect was uncanny and the Hermit ceased to wonder that he had been unable to catch a glimpse of this haunter of his trail.