haunt

頭から離れない、悩ませる

何度も頭に浮かんで、不安、悲しみ、恐怖を感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： To keep returning to someone's mind and making them feel worried, sad, or afraid.

• That memory still haunts me.
• His mistake haunted him for years.
• Images of the accident continue to haunt her dreams.

類義語： trouble, torment, plague

よく使う表現： haunt someone, haunt someone's dreams

出没する、取り憑く

幽霊が特定の場所に何度も現れる。

やさしい英語で： For a ghost, to appear often in a particular place.

• A ghost haunts the old house.
• They say her spirit haunted the castle.
• Do ghosts really haunt these empty rooms?

よく使う表現： haunt a house, haunt a castle

つきまとう、付け回す

相手が嫌がっているのに、何度も後を追ったり近くに居続けたりする。

やさしい英語で： To follow someone repeatedly or stay close to them in an unwanted way.

• A stranger haunted his steps.
• The detective haunted her wherever she went.
• He complained that reporters haunted him through the town.

類義語： stalk, follow, shadow

よく使う表現： haunt someone, haunt someone's steps

行きつけの場所、たまり場

ある人がよく通う場所や、特定の人たちがよく集まる場所。

やさしい英語で： A place that someone visits often or where a particular group is often found.

• This bar is his favourite haunt.
• We visited our old haunts last weekend.
• The park is a popular haunt of local students.

使い方： haunt of someone (The cafe is a favourite haunt of local writers.)

類義語： hangout

よく使う表現： favourite haunt, old haunt