Spellbound describes a person whose attention is completely held — listening or watching so hard that they forget everything else, including moving. The children sat spellbound as she told the story. The audience was spellbound.

Spellbound describes a person whose attention is completely heldspellbound形容一個人的注意力被完全抓住 — listening or watching so hard that they forget everything else, including moving聽或看得太入迷，連動都忘了動、什麼都忘了。 The children sat spellbound as she told the story她講故事的時候，孩子們就這樣入迷地坐著。 The audience was spellbound台下的觀眾也都看得入迷。

The image is the same magic one: a spell has been cast, and the person is bound, tied, unable to move away. That is why it so often appears with words about stillness — sat spellbound, stood spellbound, held them spellbound, watched spellbound. It goes with people (or animals, or a crowd), never with the thing doing the holding: the story is spellbinding, the listeners are spellbound.

The image is the same magic one它用的是同一個魔法畫面: a spell has been cast一個咒語被下了, and而 the person is bound, tied, unable to move away這個人就被綁住了，動不了。 That is why所以, it so often appears with words about stillness它才常常跟表示靜止的字一起出現 — sat spellbound像sat spellbound（入迷地坐著）, stood spellboundstood spellbound（入迷地站著）, held them spellboundheld them spellbound（讓他們看得入迷）, watched spellbound或watched spellbound（入迷地看著）。 It goes with people (or animals, or a crowd)這個字是用來形容人（或動物、群眾）的, never with the thing doing the holding絕不會用來形容讓人入迷的那個東西: the story is spellbinding故事是spellbinding（讓人入迷的）, the listeners are spellbound聽的人才是spellbound（入迷的）。

Grammatically it is a bit narrow, which trips learners up. It sits happily after a verb — she was spellbound, they sat spellbound, the speaker held us spellbound — but it sounds odd in front of a noun; "a spellbound child" is possible but rare, and most writers would recast the sentence. There is no verb form you will need: nobody says "I spellbound them", they say "I held them spellbound".

Grammatically it is a bit narrow這個字在文法上用法有點窄, which trips learners up這常常讓學習者摔跤。 It sits happily after a verb它很自然地接在動詞後面 — she was spellbound像she was spellbound, they sat spellboundthey sat spellbound, the speaker held us spellboundthe speaker held us spellbound — but不過 it sounds odd in front of a noun放在名詞前面卻聽起來很怪; "a spellbound child" is possible but rare"a spellbound child"雖然可以講但很少見, and而 most writers would recast the sentence大部分作者會改寫整句話。 There is no verb form you will need你不需要它的動詞形: nobody says "I spellbound them"沒有人會說"I spellbound them", they say "I held them spellbound"大家會說"I held them spellbound"。

The feeling in the word is wonder, not fear. Someone spellbound is enjoying it, or at least amazed, so do not use it for a person frozen in horror — for that you want transfixed, frozen, or rooted to the spot.

The feeling in the word is wonder, not fear這個字裡的感覺是驚奇，不是害怕。 Someone spellbound is enjoying it, or at least amazed一個spellbound的人是很享受，或至少是驚嘆的, so所以 do not use it for a person frozen in horror不要拿它形容一個嚇到僵住的人 — for that you want transfixed, frozen, or rooted to the spot那種情況你要用transfixed、frozen，或rooted to the spot。

It is a slightly literary word, comfortable in a story or a review, a little dramatic in casual chat. In everyday Taiwanese classroom English, "they were completely absorbed" or "they couldn't look away" says a plainer version of the same thing.

It is a slightly literary word這是一個帶點文學味的字, comfortable in a story or a review用在故事或評論裡很自然, a little dramatic in casual chat但用在平常聊天裡就有點誇張。 In everyday Taiwanese classroom English在台灣的日常課堂英文裡, "they were completely absorbed" or "they couldn't look away""they were completely absorbed"或"they couldn't look away" says a plainer version of the same thing就能講出同樣意思、比較平實的版本。