When a song, a place, a face, or a story is haunting, it stays in your thoughts for a long time, and there is a sad or strange beauty in it. A haunting melody can make a room go quiet. A haunting photograph can feel both lovely and a little painful.

When a song, a place, a face, or a story is haunting當一首歌、一個地方、一張臉，或一個故事是haunting的, it stays in your thoughts for a long time它會在你腦中留很久, and there is a sad or strange beauty in it而且裡面帶著一種淡淡哀傷或奇特的美。A haunting melody一段haunting的旋律 can make a room go quiet可以讓整個房間安靜下來。A haunting photograph一張haunting的照片 can feel both lovely and a little painful可以讓人覺得既美又有點心痛。

This is not the ghost meaning. The verb haunt can mean a ghost keeps visiting a house — but this adjective is about feeling: hard to forget, and not simply happy.

This is not the ghost meaning這不是「鬧鬼」的那個意思。The verb haunt can mean動詞haunt可以指 a ghost keeps visiting a house一個鬼魂不斷回到某間房子 — but this adjective is about feeling但這個形容詞講的是感覺: hard to forget難以忘記, and not simply happy而且不是單純的快樂。

Though actually speakers also stretch it: a haunting reminder of the war is not beautiful, but it will not leave your mind. In this entry the core is sad-and-beautiful; know the darker stretch exists.

Though actually不過其實 speakers also stretch it大家也會把這個字用得更寬: a haunting reminder of the war像a haunting reminder of the war is not beautiful不算美, but it will not leave your mind但它會一直留在你腦海裡揮之不去。In this entry the core is sad-and-beautiful在這個詞條裡，核心意思是既哀傷又美; know the darker stretch exists但也要知道有這種比較陰暗的延伸用法。

You will hear it about art, music, and memory more than about everyday tools.

You will hear it about art, music, and memory你會在講藝術、音樂和記憶時聽到這個字 more than about everyday tools而不是拿來講日常工具。