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transfix 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/transˈfiks/,
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transfixed, past tense; transfixed, past participle; transfixing, present participle; transfixes, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment
    • - he was transfixed by the pain in her face
    • - she stared at him, transfixed
  2. Pierce with a sharp implement or weapon
    • - a field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl
  1. fascinate: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
  2. pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
  3. (transfixed) fascinated: having your attention fixated as though by a spell
  4. In linguistic morphology, a transfix is a discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word. ...
  5. (transfixed) Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized
  6. (Transfixed) Pierced by an arrow or similar weapon. Said of an animal.
  7. (transfixed) to shock someone enough to give them the inability to move