transfix
vt.刺穿,使呆住
难易程度:
transfix为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:transfixion 动词过去式:transfixed 过去分词:transfixed 现在分词:transfixing 第三人称单数:transfixes
词根
fix=to fasten(缚;固定)
近义词, 同义词
transfix
/træns'fɪks; træns`fɪks/
v (fml 文)
1 [esp passive 尤用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth/sb (with/on sth) stick sth pointed completely through sth/sb 用某物刺穿某物[某人]
*a fish transfixed with a harpoon 用鱼叉叉穿的鱼.
2 [usu passive 通常用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (with sth) make sb unable to move, think or speak because of fear, astonishment, etc 使某人(因恐惧、惊愕等)不能动弹、思想或说话
*He stood staring at the ghost, transfixed with terror. 他站在那里看着那个鬼, 吓得不能动弹.
transfix
v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of transfigere, from figere 'to fasten, make a hole through']
to surprise, interest, frighten etc someone so much that they do not move
literary to make a hole through something or someone with a sharp pointed weapon