hark back

思い起こさせる、立ち返る

以前の話題に戻ったり、昔を思い出させたり、懐かしんだりすること。

やさしい英語で： To bring back an earlier topic, or remind people of an earlier time and sometimes wish for it.

• The music harks back to her childhood.
• He kept harking back to our earlier argument.
• These stories hark back to a time when everyone knew their neighbours.

使い方： hark back to something (The design harks back to the 1950s.)

類義語： recall, evoke, return to

よく使う表現： hark back to something, hark back again

臭跡を探して引き返す

猟犬が見失った獲物の臭いを探して、来た道を戻ること。

やさしい英語で： When hunting dogs lose an animal’s smell, they go back along their route to find it again.

• The hounds harked back after losing the scent.
• Watch the dogs hark back along the trail.
• The pack will hark back until it finds the fox’s scent.

類義語： retrace

よく使う表現： hounds hark back, hark back again

来た道を戻る

すでに通った道を引き返すこと。

やさしい英語で： To go back along a route you have already taken.

• We harked back to the gate.
• They had to hark back along the muddy path.
• Shall we hark back to the village before dark?

使い方： hark back to somewhere (The travellers harked back to the bridge.)

類義語： retrace one’s steps, return

よく使う表現： hark back home, hark back again

猟犬を呼び戻す

猟犬を自分のところへ呼び戻すこと。

やさしい英語で： To call hunting dogs back to you.

• He harked back the hounds.
• The hunter tried to hark the dogs back with his horn.
• She harked back the pack before it reached the road.

使い方： hark back something (The huntsman harked back the hounds.)

類義語： recall, call back

よく使う表現： hark back hounds, hark hounds back

臭跡を探す引き返し

猟犬が獲物の臭いを探して、来た道を引き返すこと。

やさしい英語で： A return along an earlier route by hunting dogs looking for an animal’s lost smell.

• A hark back helped the hounds find the scent.
• The pack made another hark back along the trail.
• After a brief hark back, the hunt continued.

よく使う表現： a hark back, another hark back

回帰、追想

以前の話題に戻ることや、昔を思い出させるもの。

やさしい英語で： A return to an earlier topic, or something that brings an earlier time to mind.

• This dress is a hark back to an earlier era.
• His speech included a hark back to our first meeting.
• The ending offers another hark back to the book’s opening theme.

使い方： a hark back to something (The song is a hark back to her youth.)

類義語： reminder, echo, return

よく使う表現： a hark back, hark back to something