enthrall

英語

其他形式

• enthral (英國)
• inthrall (古舊)

詞源

源自中古英語 enthrallen，等價於en- +‎ thrall。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ɪnˈθɹɔːl/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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動詞

enthrall (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 enthralls，現在分詞 enthralling，一般過去時及過去分詞 enthralled) (及物)

1. 迷住，吸引住，使...着迷

   近義詞：bewitch、captivate、charm、enchant、transfix

   • Template:RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray
   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, 章號 17, 出自 The Return of Tarzan‎^[1]:

     In the center of the circle of glittering black bodies he leaped and roared and shook his heavy spear in the same mad abandon that enthralled his fellow savages. The last remnant of his civilization was forgotten—he was a primitive man to the fullest now; reveling in the freedom of the fierce, wild life he loved, gloating in his kingship among these wild blacks.

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2. (現罕用) 使...屈服，使...成為奴隸

   近義詞：enslave、subjugate

   反義詞：disenthrall

   • 1667, John Milton, 「Book XII」, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版為 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     […] Who oft as undeservedly enthrall / His outward freedom: Tyranny must be;

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衍生詞彙

• disenthrall
• enthralldom
• enthralled (adjective)
• enthralling (adjective)
• enthrallment

 

延伸閱讀

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024年)，「enthrall」，《線上詞源詞典》（Online Etymology Dictionary）