A poltergeist is a kind of ghost that does not just appear and look at you. It bangs, knocks, throws cups, slams doors, and makes a room feel as if someone angry is in it.

A poltergeist是 a kind of ghost一種鬼，that does not just appear and look at you不是只會出現然後盯著你看的那種。It它會 bangs, knocks, throws cups, slams doors砰砰作響、敲東西、丟杯子、甩門，and makes a room feel as if someone angry is in it讓一個房間感覺好像有個生氣的人在裡面。

People use the word when the scare is physical: things move, noises come from empty space. You would not usually call a quiet, see-through figure a poltergeist.

People人們 use the word會用這個字 when the scare is physical當恐怖的地方是實際的動靜時：things move東西會移動，noises come from empty space聲音從空無一物的地方傳來。You would not usually call a quiet, see-through figure a poltergeist你通常不會把一個安靜、看得穿的透明身影叫做poltergeist。

English borrowed the whole German word and kept it.

English英語 borrowed the whole German word整個借用了這個德文字 and kept it並保留下來。

It belongs to ghost stories, films, and newspaper write-ups of “a haunted house,” not to calm scientific talk — though actually, reporters also stretch it for any unexplained bang in an old building, even when nobody really believes a ghost is there. Older folklore treats it as a type of spirit; everyday English treats it as a spooky story-label.

It它屬於 belongs to ghost stories, films, and newspaper write-ups of "a haunted house,"鬼故事、電影、以及報紙上寫「鬧鬼房子」的報導，not to calm scientific talk而不屬於冷靜的科學討論——though actually不過事實上，reporters also stretch it記者也會把這個字用得更寬 for any unexplained bang in an old building指老房子裡任何說不清楚的怪聲，even when nobody really believes a ghost is there就算根本沒人真的相信那裡有鬼。Older folklore較早的民俗傳說 treats it as a type of spirit把它當成一種靈體；everyday English日常英語 treats it as a spooky story-label則把它當成一個嚇人的故事標籤。