单词 | enthralling |
释义 | enthrallingn. The action of enthralling someone or something. Also: the action or fact of being enthralled; enthralment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > enslavement thirling1535 mancipation1577 enthraldom1582 esclavishing1583 enthralment1595 enthralling1603 beslaving1641 enslavement1692 1603 W. Covell Iust & Temperate Def. Fiue Bks. Eccl. Policie xvi. 110 This without any inthralling, as you seeme to feare, of Gods mercifull grace. 1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 143 I..Can hear thee sing with all thine Art, Without enthralling of mine heart. 1715 Fatal Effects Arbitrary Power (title page) The miserable inthralling of a Kingdom, for asserting its undoubted Rights, Privileges, and Liberties. 1775 H. Jones & P. Hiffernan Heroine of Cave Epil. With him, 'fore liberty, I'd chuse enthralling. 1835 Court Mag. June 235/1 His plan For the rapid enthralling and ruin of man. 1894 Irish Times 7 June 6/2 Home Rule, so far from meaning freedom for Ireland, meant the enthralling of all that was noblest. 1917 M. J. Olgin Soul Russ. Revol. xxxii. 370 The dismemberment of great Russia and the enthralling of the Russian masses. 1985 Miscellanea Musicologica 14 103 The Second Norn recalls the enthralling of Loge by Wotan's spear. 2005 I. Munro Figure of Crowd in Early Mod. London v. 153 The enthralling of the crowd through emotion is mocked and made to seem base and dangerous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). enthrallingadj. 1. That enslaves or subjugates someone or something; that holds someone or something in servitude or captivity; (figurative) that mentally, morally, or emotionally subjugates or controls someone, the mind, will, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > enslaving or using slave labour enthralling1595 slave-holding1798 slave-holding1798 slave-owning1828 slave-owning1828 slave-driving1830 1595 R. B. Orpheus His Iourney to Hell sig. B3v You free-borne people, from inthralling bandes of libertie, depriuing Loues estate. 1612 G. Chapman tr. Petrarch Seven Penitentiall Psalms i. 4 Nets that neuer will be losde. More I striue, the more enthralling. 1662 W. Firth Saints Monument 72 It was the way to provoke the Lord to have carried them back again to their enthralling taskmasters. 1736 T. G. Flowers of Parnassus 5 I wreck'd on Seas of Love, To thy divine enthralling Arms wou'd move. 1771 M. Smith Christianity Unmasqued xv. 102 Free from th' enthralling curse Of Priest, Spleen, Pedagogue. 1836 B. Barton & L. Barton Reliquary 75 How He, the Lord of Glory,..Their souls to save from sin's enthralling yoke, Had left his throne. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xiv. 195 To break loose from the enthralling chains of earth. 1946 Washington Post 26 Mar. 7/1 Poland and the 14 other countries..which have lost their freedom to the enthralling bonds of Russia and Stalin. 2. That captures and holds the attention; captivating, fascinating; spellbinding. Frequently in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] > fascinating or enchanting bewitching1553 witching1570 sirenical1599 taking1603 enchantinga1616 fascinating1618 bewitchfulc1633 charming1664 sirenica1704 captivating1772 captivative1772 fascinative1833 airy-fairy1837 enthralling1851 taky1854 thralling1871 1851 Athenæum 11 Jan. 39/1 The sad but enthralling story appeared to have been already written..from every possible point of view. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 150/1 As a biography his work is an inthralling one. 1938 I. Clephane & D. Hallett tr. M. Dekker Beggars' Revolt 3 The landlord too knew that Maarten was an enthralling storyteller and listened to him with delight. 1948 P. Sturges Unfaithfully Yours in Four More Screenplays (1995) 941 You shall have the honor of playing the first hand of this enthralling little game called: Russian Roulette... Exciting, isn't it? 1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 70 The Picture of Dorian Gray..is still the most enthralling second-rate novel in English literature. 2009 Independent on Sunday 27 Dec. 31/1 In fact, the show is enthralling. The story of the parking garage is a parallel history of urban America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603adj.1595 |
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