enthrall

英语

其他形式

• enthral (英國)
• inthrall (古舊)

词源

源自中古英語 enthrallen，等价于en- +‎ thrall。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ɪnˈθɹɔːl/

• （英国南部）音频：

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动词

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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. (現罕用) 使...屈服，使...成为奴隶

   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;

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

衍生词汇

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

 

延伸阅读

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024年)，“enthrall”，《在线词源词典》（Online Etymology Dictionary）