Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #18710
haunting
萦绕心头的；令人难忘的
Staying in your mind; difficult to forget.
- 1.
Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
萦绕心头的；难以忘怀的
萦绕心头的；难以忘怀的；常浮现于脑海中的；不易忘怀的
In use
The haunting melody stayed with me for days.
The old house had a haunting beauty that made visitors feel both awed and uneasy.
Her haunting gaze in the portrait seemed to follow you around the room.
haunting + noun
常修饰 melody、image、memory 等名词，表示“久久萦绕的”。
The haunting melody stayed with me all day.
那萦绕心头的旋律一整天都在我脑海中挥之不去。
be + haunting
作表语时，主语常是音乐、景象、经历等使人难忘的事物。
Her voice is haunting.
她的嗓音令人难以忘怀。
find + noun + haunting
find + 宾语 + haunting 表示“觉得……使人难以忘怀”，宾语常为作品、声音等。
I find his poetry haunting.
我觉得他的诗令人难以忘怀。
Common mistakes
The song is very haunted.The song is very haunting.
haunted 表示“闹鬼的”或“（人）内心不安的”，不能用来指歌曲令人难忘；应使用 haunting，意为“萦绕心头的、难以忘怀的”。
He still has haunting memory of the accident.He still has a haunting memory of the accident.
memory 在此指“一段记忆”，是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词，容易漏掉，但英语必须加 a。
Connections
Collocations
- haunting melody
- 萦绕心头的旋律
- The haunting melody stayed with me all day.那萦绕心头的旋律一整天都留在我心里。
- haunting beauty
- 令人难忘的美
- The film's haunting beauty left a deep impression.这部电影令人难忘的美感留下了深刻印象。
- haunting image
- 挥之不去的画面
- The documentary showed haunting images of the war.这部纪录片展现了战争挥之不去的画面。
- haunting voice
- 萦绕心头的嗓音
- Her haunting voice echoed through the empty hall.她萦绕心头的嗓音在空荡的大厅里回响。
- haunting memory
- 难以忘怀的记忆
- The place brought back haunting memories of his childhood.这个地方唤起了他童年难以忘怀的记忆。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 haunt 是鬼魂出没，haunting 就像鬼魂在脑中出没，挥之不去：萦绕心头的旋律、记忆。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学或影评、日常谈论难忘经历 该词通常带有书面和文艺色彩，多用于描述音乐、画面或记忆难以忘怀；口语中也能听到，但正式或略带文学性的场景更常见。
Grammar Note
形容词，表示难以忘怀的；常浮现于脑海中的
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词：daunting、taunting、flaunting（/ˈdɒːntɪŋ/、/ˈtɒːntɪŋ/、/ˈflɒːntɪŋ/），与 haunting 押韵。注意拼写相似的 hunting、bunting 读 /-ʌntɪŋ/，counting 读 /-aʊntɪŋ/，均不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.