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If you are entranced, you cannot look away — a person, a song, a dance, or a view has taken all of your attention because it is so beautiful, strange, or interesting. It is a feeling, not a door.
If you are entranced如果你是entranced, you cannot look away你會沒辦法把目光移開 — a person, a song, a dance, or a view一個人、一首歌、一支舞，或一片風景 has taken all of your attention把你所有的注意力都吸走了 because it is so beautiful, strange, or interesting因為它太美、太奇特，或太有趣. It is a feeling, not a door這是個感覺，不是門
The word is the -ed form of a verb entrance, said en-TRANCE (stress on the second part), meaning “to hold someone as if in a waking dream.” That verb is built from trance, not from the doorway word entrance (EN-trance, stress on the first part).
The word is the -ed form of a verb entrance這個字是動詞entrance的-ed形式, said en-TRANCE (stress on the second part)唸作en-TRANCE（重音在後面）, meaning “to hold someone as if in a waking dream.”意思是「讓人像陷入清醒的夢一樣被抓住」 That verb is built from trance這個動詞是從trance這個字造出來的, not from the doorway word entrance (EN-trance, stress on the first part)不是從指「入口」的entrance（EN-trance，重音在前面）來的
In stories, magic can entrance you; in ordinary life we mostly use this -ed form: I was entranced by the dancer.
In stories, magic can entrance you在故事裡，魔法可以entrance你; in ordinary life we mostly use this -ed form在日常生活裡我們大多用這個-ed形式: I was entranced by the dancer像是I was entranced by the dancer
It sounds a little like a book or a review, and it is kind: you are not stupid for staring; the thing earned your eyes.
It sounds a little like a book or a review這個字聽起來有點像書面語或影評用字, and it is kind而且它是個善意的字: you are not stupid for staring你盯著看不代表你笨; the thing earned your eyes是那個東西值得你的目光
組成entrance (the verb “to fill with wonder / to put in a trance”) + -ed.
同家族的字
- trancethe verb entrance is en- + trance; entranced is that verb in the past
- entrancingthe -ing form of the same verb: the thing that holds you
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
entrancedadj/ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/
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Placed in a trance.
- There sate a Spirit in the vault, In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life, And by him couch’d, as if intranced, The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.
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Held at attention, as if by magic.
- The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。