Wordiyotransfix
🇬🇧 UK/træns'fiks/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
v.
To make someone motionless with terror, amazement, or awe; to pierce with a sharp weapon.
使呆住；刺穿
n.
A discontinuous affix occurring at more than one position in a word, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages.
跨位词缀（闪含语系中的不连续词缀）
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.transfixed with fear被吓得呆若木鸡
- 2.transfixed by the sight被眼前的景象震住
- 3.[stand transfixed]呆立不动
- 4.transfixed with wonder惊奇得目瞪口呆
Example Sentences
- 1.
The audience was transfixed by the performer's breathtaking acrobatic display.
- 2.
She stood transfixed at the window, watching the tornado approach in the distance.
- 3.
The child was transfixed with wonder as the magician made the coin disappear.