fixation

noun

/fɪkˈseɪʃn/

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[countable] a very strong interest in somebody/something, that is not normal or natural
- a mother fixation
- Winning the title again has become a fixation for him.
- fixation with/on somebody/something He's got this fixation with cleanliness.
[uncountable] (specialist) the process of a gas becoming solid
- nitrogen fixation

Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting the process of reducing a volatile spirit or essence to a permanent bodily form): from medieval Latin fixatio(n-), from fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’.

单词	fixation
释义	fixation noun /fɪkˈseɪʃn/ /fɪkˈseɪʃn/ jump to other results [countable] a very strong interest in somebody/something, that is not normal or natural a mother fixation Winning the title again has become a fixation for him. fixation with/on somebody/something He's got this fixation with cleanliness. [uncountable] (specialist) the process of a gas becoming solid nitrogen fixation Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting the process of reducing a volatile spirit or essence to a permanent bodily form): from medieval Latin fixatio(n-), from fixare ‘to fix’, both from Latin fixus, past participle of figere ‘fix, fasten’.
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