核心畫面

The picture to hold is something that keeps coming back to the same spot and will not leave. Not a single visit — a return, and another return, always uninvited and never at a time you choose. In the oldest and clearest use the spot is a building and the visitor is a dead person's spirit. Move the same picture inside a person, and the thing that keeps returning is a memory or a fear; move it onto the face, and you can see on someone that this is happening to them.

可以想成:有個東西一直回到同一個地方,趕也趕不走。不是來一次,而是一次又一次,從來不請自來,也不挑你方便的時候。最原更多收起可以想成:有個東西一直回到同一個地方,趕也趕不走。不是來一次,而是一次又一次,從來不請自來,也不挑你方便的時候。最原始、最清楚的畫面裡,那個地方是一棟房子,回來的是死去的人的靈魂。把同一張圖搬進人的腦袋裡,一直回來的就變成一段回憶或一個恐懼;再搬到臉上,就成了旁人看得出來的那種神情。

Two branches

地方被纏住

核心畫面最原本的擺法:回來的是鬼,被回來的是一棟房子或一塊地。

adjective · B1

Used about a place, usually a building, that people believe the spirit of a dead person keeps coming back to.

鬧鬼的

人被纏住

把「一直回來、趕不走」從房子搬進人裡面:先是心裡甩不掉,接著連臉上都看得出來。這是意思上的延伸,不是說歷史上先有哪一個。

adjective · B2

If you are haunted by something bad — a memory, a mistake, a fear, a picture you saw — it keeps coming back into your mind and you cannot push it away.

(心裡)揮之不去、一直纏著

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

hauntedadj/ˈhɔːntɪd/

  • 1

    Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

    • The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
  • 2

    Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).

    • a soldier haunted by the memories of combat
  • 3

    Showing a feeling of being disturbed.

    • a haunted expression

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。