プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ほれる【×惚れる】
&fRoman1;〔恋い慕う〕fall in love ((with))
二人はぞっこんほれ合っている
The two are deeply in love with each other.
彼は彼女にとてもほれている
He is quite 「keen on [taken with] her.
彼はほれた女と一緒になった
He was married to the woman of his heart.
&fRoman2;
❶〔心酔する〕admire
彼の人柄にすっかりほれて商売を全部任せた
Deeply impressed with his character, I left my business entirely in his charge.
❷〔動詞のあとに付いて，うっとりする〕
彼のピアノに聞きほれた
I forgot myself as I listened to him playing the piano.／I was entranced by his performance on the piano.