1. 1使著迷、迷住(英式拼法;美式作 enthrall)

    To enthral someone is to hold their attention so completely that they listen or watch with great care — they almost forget the room around them. It is a strong, slightly literary verb; everyday talk might say “it really grabbed me” or “I couldn’t look away.” Though actually, the oldest meaning was harsher: to make someone a thrall, a kind of slave. That old sense is now rare except in history or very high style. Today’s common meaning is fascination, not chains. British spelling is enthral (one l in the base form); American spelling is enthrall. You enthral a person, or an audience; you do not usually enthral a thing.

組成en- (to make into) + thrall (an old word for a slave, or a person under someone else’s power). The “make a slave” picture later softened into “hold someone’s mind.”

同家族的字

  • thrallthe old noun inside it — a slave, or a state of being under someone else’s power

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • enthrall

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。