enthrall

GRE扩展词汇

英 [ɪn'θrɔːl] 美

释义

vt. 迷住，使着迷

词态变化

第三人称单数: enthralls;过去式: enthralled;过去分词: enthralled;现在分词: enthralling;

近义词

delight enchant titillate fascinate charm thrill captivate intrigue

助记提示

1. slave => slav- => *thlav- => *thrav- => *thrau- => thrall.
2. 这是一种缺乏理据性的根据音变规律和原理做出的一种联想和近义关联。其目的在于使单词更易于理解和记忆。
3. 因此这种联想不是天马行空地乱联想，而是根据音变规律做出的一种比较合理的联想。
4. en- "make, put in" + thrall.
5. => hold in mental bondage.
6. enthrall 的变体：enthral (en- + -thral [thrall]).
7. Enthrall: en 因thrall（情）丝（缠）绕，陷入情网----迷惑，迷住。猪八戒进盘丝洞也是被蜘蛛精的丝绕了，所以被迷惑，迷住了。

中文词源

enthrall 吸引住

来自entertain, 招待，维持，娱乐。thrall, 奴隶，束缚。即使成为奴隶，引申义吸引。

英文词源

enthrall (v.): also enthral "to hold in mental or moral bondage," 1570s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + thrall (n.). Literal sense (1610s) is rare in English. Related: Enthralled; enthralling.

双语例句

1. I am afraid I may frighten the company , frighten or enthrall them.: 我怕我会吓坏那些人,吓坏了他们或是使他们迷惑不解.

2. The author enthrall , enthralled the minds of his readers.: 那位作者于读者着迷.

3. He was enthrall , enthraled by the story.: 他被这个故事迷住了.

4. Hannibal Lecter: Enthrall me with your acumen.: 汉尼拔: 施展一下你聪慧的魅力.

5. Why does the story of Moby Dick continue to enthrall generation after generation?: 为何《白鲸记》的故事不断吸引一代又一代的读者呢 ?

英英释意

1. hold spellbound

实用场景例句

I am afraid I may frighten the company , frighten or enthrall them.: 我怕我会吓坏那些人,吓坏了他们或是使他们迷惑不解.

The author enthrall , enthralled the minds of his readers.: 那位作者于读者着迷.

He was enthrall , enthraled by the story.: 他被这个故事迷住了.

Hannibal Lecter: Enthrall me with your acumen.: 汉尼拔: 施展一下你聪慧的魅力.

Why does the story of Moby Dick continue to enthrall generation after generation?: 为何《白鲸记》的故事不断吸引一代又一代的读者呢 ?