transfixverb詞源 1

• 1

  To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.

  • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
  • But we may as well accept her story as true, for it is likely she would have been transfixed by the narcissism of the weight lifters.
• 2

  To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.

  • The spear transfixed my arm that was uplifted In swift expostulation, and the blood Gushed round its point: I smiled, […]
  • There was a little stream that ran not far away, in which he bathed, and down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives would assemble with spears, and with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried down to the sea.
• 3

  To fix or impale.

transfixnoun詞源 2

• 1

  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA discontinuous affix, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages, which occurs at more than one position in a word, i.e. a combination of prefixes, infixes and/or suffixes.

  • The Arabic word مكتوب (maktūb, “written”) is built from the root [script needed] (k–t–b, “writing”) and the transfix [script needed] (ma––ū–, “passive participle”).