transfix

英 [træns'fɪks; trɑːns-; -nz-] 美[træns'fɪks]
  • vt. 钉住;刺穿;使呆住

英英释义


1. 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"

实用场景例句


Luisa stood transfixed with shock.
路易莎大吃一惊,站在那里呆若木鸡。

牛津词典

We were all transfixed by the images of the war.
战争的种种景象令我们都呆住了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The value and system of civil law need transfix with culture of civil law.
摘要民法价值和制度之间需要民法文化来贯通.

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词态变化


第三人称单数: transfixes;过去式: transfixed;过去分词: transfixed;现在分词: transfixing;

中文词源


transfix 使惊呆

trans-,进入,穿过,-fix,固定。其原义为穿透,穿过,引申词义使惊呆。

英文词源


transfix
transfix: see fix
transfix (v.)
1580s, "pierce through, impale," from Middle French transfixer (15c.), from Latin transfixus "impaled," past participle of transfigere "to impale, pierce through," from trans- "through" (see trans-) + figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix (v.)). Figurative sense of "make motionless or helpless, as with amazement, terror, or grief" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Transfixed; transfixing.

双语例句


1. The value and system of civil law need transfix with culture of civil law.
摘要民法价值和制度之间需要民法文化来贯通.

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