transfix

transfix
verb
[with obj.]
  1. (一般作 be transfixed)cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment
    使目瞪口呆,使呆若木鸡,使呆住
    he was transfixed by the pain in her face.
    他被她脸上的痛苦表情给惊呆了。
    she stared at him, transfixed.
    她怔怔地凝视着他。
  2. pierce with a sharp implement or weapon
    (用锋利器具、武器)刺穿
    a field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl.
    一只田鼠被猫头鹰弧形利爪刺穿了。
派生
transfixion
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin transfix- 'pierced through', from the verb transfigere, from trans- 'across' + figere 'fix, fasten'
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