亚洲网紅露点

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

transfix

[ trans-fiks ]

verb (used with object)

transfixed or transfixt, transfixing.
  1. to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale.
  3. to hold or fasten with or on something that pierces.


transfix

/ tr忙ns藞f瑟ks; tr忙ns藞f瑟k蕛蓹n /

verb

  1. to render motionless, esp with horror or shock
  2. to impale or fix with a sharp weapon or other device
  3. med to cut through (a limb or other organ), as in amputation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • transfixion, noun
Discover More

Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟谤补苍蝉路蹿颈虫路颈辞苍 [trans-, fik, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • 耻苍顎卼谤补苍蝉路蹿颈虫别诲顎 adjective
Discover More

亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of transfix1

1580鈥90; < Latin 迟谤腻苍蝉蹿墨虫耻蝉 (past participle of 迟谤腻苍蝉蹿墨驳别谤别 to pierce through), equivalent to 迟谤腻苍蝉- trans- + 蹿墨驳 ( ere ) to pierce + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
Discover More

亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of transfix1

C16: from Latin trans蹿墨驳ere to pierce through, from trans- + 蹿墨驳ere to thrust in
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Two-year-old Henry is completely transfixed by the iPad in front of him.

From

Gaxiola and his family soon drove off, leaving the ranch and environs to the police and investigators gathering clues to this unfathomable discovery that has transfixed Mexico.

From

Hayes explains that 鈥淭rump鈥檚 approach to politics ever since the summer of 2015, when he entered the presidential race, is the equivalent of running naked through the neighborhood: repellent but transfixing.鈥

From

鈥淢acbeth鈥 may be Shakespeare鈥檚 most transfixing tragedy, but its dark magic often fizzles in the theater.

From

You can play as fast or slow as you want and your eyes are transfixed on the middle of the machine where you see the traditional symbols of cherries, dollar signs and jackpot payoffs.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


transfinite numbertransform