enthrall

英语

其他形式

• enthral (英国)
• inthrall (古旧)

词源

源自中古英语 enthrallen，等价于en- +‎ thrall。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ɪnˈθɹɔːl/

• （英国南部）音频：

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动词

enthrall (第三人称单数简单现在时 enthralls，现在分词 enthralling，一般过去时及过去分词 enthralled) (及物)

1. 迷住，吸引住，使...着迷

   近义词： bewitch、captivate、charm、enchant、transfix

   • Template:RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray
   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, 章号 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. (现罕用) 使...屈服，使...成为奴隶

   近义词： enslave、subjugate

   反义词： disenthrall

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book XII”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 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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衍生词汇

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

 

延伸阅读

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