haunting

英 [ˈhɔːntɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɔːntɪŋ]

adj.  萦绕心头的; 使人难忘的
v.  (鬼魂)出没; (不快的事情)萦绕于脑际，难以忘却; 长期不断地缠扰(某人)
haunt的现在分词

复数：hauntings　现在分词：haunting　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.18710 / COCA.14200

牛津词典

adj.

• 萦绕心头的；使人难忘的
  beautiful, sad or frightening in a way that cannot be forgotten
  1. a haunting melody/experience/image
     难以忘怀的优美乐曲；痛苦难忘的经历；吓人难忘的形象

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （声音、形象、话语等）令人难忘的，萦绕心头的
  Hauntingsounds, images, or words remain in your thoughts because they are very beautiful or sad.
  1. ...the haunting calls of wild birds in the mahogany trees.
     红木树林中野鸟令人难忘的鸣叫声
  2. ...haunting prose.
     令人难忘的散文

双语例句

• The dreadful, haunting fear of nuclear warfare casts a sobering pall over all international relations.
  经常出现的对于核战争的恐惧在一切国际关系上投下了一道愁人的阴影。
• There is no denying that the specter of unemployment and want is constantly haunting them.
  失业和贫乏的幽灵一直在对他们作祟是不能否认的。
• Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear Inever will.
  爱是一首缠绵的乐曲，我还没学会如何演奏，而且我恐怕永远也学不会。
• The Carol has the primitive strength and haunting simplicity of those early folk tunes.
  圣诞颂歌具有早期民歌曲调的粗犷表现力和耐人寻味的纯朴风格。
• Why? Like day-dreaming? This has been haunting me for a long time.
  为什么？喜欢做梦吗？这个问题在我心头萦绕了很久。
• His sick heart lifted in the haunting eternity of the hills.
  置身于他梦中萦绕的永恒的山中，他沉痛的心开朗起来。
• The carol has a primitive strength and haunting simplicity.
  这首颂歌有一种原始的力量和令人难忘的纯朴。
• That haunting episode of bygone days was to her mother but a passing accident.
  对她母亲来说，她萦绕在心头的那件往事，只不过是一件烟消云散的偶然事件。
• It's a haunting poem that operates in complex ways.
  在诗人笔下复杂的叙事中，这成了一首让人难以忘怀的经典诗作。
• Sad October and her sadder self seemed the only two existences haunting that lane.
  出现在那条小路上的似乎只有两个实体，就是悲伤的十月和更加悲伤的她自己。