transfixed v. (使)惊呆;刺穿(transfix 的过去式及过去分词)
adj. (因吃惊、害怕、入迷等而)不能动弹的,惊呆的
- Nonetheless, the media have been transfixed by what they see as a spectacle of presidential insouciance.
即便如此,媒体已经被他们所认为的总统的漫不经心的洋相惊呆了。 - So it was not only her beauty, but also her sadness and then those intimations of savagery, that so transfixed the critics of the 19th century.
所以说,不仅仅是她的美丽,还有她的忧伤,和随之而来那些带有接近原始慌蛮感的暗示使得19世纪的评论家们目瞪口呆。 - They lingered for a few minutes under its shadow, apparently transfixed by its architectural features.
他们在它的阴影下徘徊了几分钟,似乎被它的建筑特色迷住了。
transfixed[ adj ]
having your attention fixated as though by a spell
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Transfix \Trans*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfixed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Transfixing}.] [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure
to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten.
See {Fix}.]
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as,
to transfix one with a dart.