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Transfix Transfixed Stood Fear Unable Ed 英 Træns'fɪks] 美

英语单词 transfix
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
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[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.
  [be V-ed]
  • We were all transfixed by the images of the war.

    战争的种种景象令我们都呆住了。

transfixed
  • Her eyes were transfixed with terror...

    她被吓呆了,双眼直瞪着。

  • For hours he stood transfixed.

    一连几个小时他呆若木鸡地站着。

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