英语单词 | transfix |
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英美音标 | 英 [træns'fɪks] 美 [træns'fɪks] |
中文释义 | vt.刺穿;钉住;使呆住 |
英语例句 | (1) He transfixed the enemy's heart with a spear. (2) She stood transfixed with fear. (3) He stood staring at the ghost, transfixed with terror. |
中文例句 | (1) 他用长矛刺穿了敌人的心脏。 (2) 她因恐惧而呆立不动。 (3) 他站在那里看着那个鬼 |
vocabulary简明 | Use the verb transfix when something makes you freeze in fascination or fear. Your belly dancing moves might transfix your dance recital audience. |
vocabulary扩展 | You might describe the way the last minutes of a scary movie transfix your whole family, leaving them on the edge of their seats, or how the photographs in a gallery transfix you with their beauty. The word comes from transfixus, "impaled" in Latin, which in turn is rooted in trans, "through or across," and figere, "to fasten." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使呆住;使动弹不得 If you are transfixed by something, it captures all of your interest or attention, so that you are unable to think of anything else or unable to act. [
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