/hɔ:nt ||; hɔnt/verb[T] 1 (often passive 常用于被动语态) (used about a ghost of a dead person) to appear in a place regularly (指鬼魂)经常出没于某地方: The house is said to be haunted. 据说这幢房子里闹鬼。
2 (used about sth unpleasant or sad) to be always in your mind (指令人不快或伤感的事物)萦绕心间或脑际: His unhappy face has haunted me for years. 多年来,他那郁郁不乐的面容时常浮现在我的脑海里。