| 单词 | transfix |
| 释义 | transfix (once / 2881 pages) v Use the verb transfix when something makes you freeze in fascination or fear. Your belly dancing moves might transfix your dance recital audience. 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." WORD FAMILYtransfix: transfixed, transfixes, transfixing, transfixt+/transfixed: transfixedly USAGE EXAMPLESMost move on, but Kevin Esvelt became transfixed at a young age by the idea that these extinct creatures were somehow related to us. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Those images of monumental debris—angular masses that appear to emerge from sediment like alien geology—remain transfixing. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) Aberdeen had enough bodies to deal with him but none of them took any kind of responsibility, as if transfixed by his on-coming presence. BBC(Nov 27, 2016) 1v to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe Syn|Hyper fascinate, grip, spellbind interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of 2v pierce with a sharp stake or point Syn|Hypo|Hyper empale, impale, spike pin pierce with a pin spearpierce with a spear skewer, spitdrive a skewer through pierce, thrust penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument |
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