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单词 mesmeric
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Definition of mesmeric in English:

mesmeric

adjective mɛzˈmɛrɪk
  • 1Causing a person to become completely transfixed and unaware of their surroundings.

    she found herself staring into his mesmeric gaze
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the wicked replicant, Helm's performance becomes a mesmeric facial anthology of wickedness: sneering, leering and winking.
    • The final chapters on the 2004 Tour are mesmeric.
    • For me, there's something absolutely mesmeric about this.
    • Ballard's work is powered by a number of key obsessions and his voice quietly leads us through them in these notes, mesmeric, dream-like and yet powerfully clarifying.
    • His reconstructed realities captivate participants with a mesmeric hold that lasts far beyond the temporal end of a work.
    • Then they will play Over The Ocean, three minutes 47 seconds of mesmeric, heartfelt sorrow, and the audience will bite its collective lip to hold back the tears.
    • The effect is a lilting, mesmeric tidal flow of rhythm and melody - you might find yourself slipping into a trance, with or without the aid of controlled substances.
    • We know now that, during his fifty years of virtual isolation, Darger had been constructing his own unique imaginary world, a world which he drew and described with mesmeric finesse.
    • Some of them achieve a pleasingly mesmeric effect by their constant repetition of words like ‘match’ or ‘jump’, but to me they might as well be automatic writing.
    • And its mesmeric power has been only slightly diminished by Adam and Joe's mercilessly spot-on soft-toy pee-take.
    • There was also the mesmeric Mexican duo Rodrigo and Gabriela, whose intricate and sun kissed slices of Spanish guitar made even the most hard hearted of Gringos jump for joy.
    • He did not use any of the hypnotic or mesmeric influences.
    • Guterson creates a disturbing, mesmeric atmosphere, leaving his readers unsure whether Ann's visions are the result of divine revelation or magic mushrooms.
    • This was a 30-minute piece of instantly mesmeric, but seemingly simple tones, and it demonstrated how a recording system could be made which would literally create its own music.
    • Without being unfair to Neil and the third member, bassist Willy Cullen, the group stems from and is fuelled by Shane's mesmeric songwriting.
    • But her mastery of singular images was assured; and told from the heart, the story was mesmeric, powerful and moving.
    • And there are mesmeric moments in Smith's performance where he does transform into this extraordinary man.
    • There was a mesmeric, far-away look in their eyes, even when upside down or with their legs wrapped around their head, that was more than just the effect of fantastically dilated pupils.
    • At times their flowing, passing, attacking football style was almost mesmeric, and Mowbray and his crew brought long-starved fans back to Easter Road and won many new admirers.
    • In true mettle, Usha had hundreds of colourfully dressed students dancing to her mesmeric voice for the full dress rehearsal on Thursday.
    Synonyms
    enthralling, captivating, gripping, engrossing, riveting, spellbinding, entrancing, transfixing, mesmerizing, hypnotic, absorbing, fascinating, thrilling, irresistible, addictive
    1. 1.1archaic Relating to or produced by mesmerism.
      mesmeric anaesthesia
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had seen a summer camp counselor demonstrating hypnosis using mesmeric passes and postural sway tests and was intrigued by what he saw.
      Synonyms
      fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, entrancing

Derivatives

  • mesmerically

  • adverb
    • A choir sang behind him in low hums, their robes swinging mesmerically.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the five-minute mark, the mesmerically building whirrs and tones build are repeatedly interrupted by the sample of a heavy metal riff that is played over and over again.
      • When they joined forces with the ball they swiftly - almost mesmerically - initiated a traditional Old Enemy unravelling.
      • The mesmerically vast remoteness of Canyonlands.
      • Many of these facts dealt with remote communication between mesmerically sensitized subjects.

Rhymes

alphanumeric, atmospheric, chimeric, cleric, climacteric, congeneric, Derek, derrick, Eric, esoteric, exoteric, ferric, generic, hemispheric, Herrick, Homeric, hysteric, numeric, skerrick, spheric, stratospheric
 
 

Definition of mesmeric in US English:

mesmeric

adjective
  • 1Causing a person to become completely transfixed and unaware of anything else around them.

    she found herself staring into his mesmeric gaze
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But her mastery of singular images was assured; and told from the heart, the story was mesmeric, powerful and moving.
    • Then they will play Over The Ocean, three minutes 47 seconds of mesmeric, heartfelt sorrow, and the audience will bite its collective lip to hold back the tears.
    • At times their flowing, passing, attacking football style was almost mesmeric, and Mowbray and his crew brought long-starved fans back to Easter Road and won many new admirers.
    • His reconstructed realities captivate participants with a mesmeric hold that lasts far beyond the temporal end of a work.
    • The effect is a lilting, mesmeric tidal flow of rhythm and melody - you might find yourself slipping into a trance, with or without the aid of controlled substances.
    • In true mettle, Usha had hundreds of colourfully dressed students dancing to her mesmeric voice for the full dress rehearsal on Thursday.
    • The final chapters on the 2004 Tour are mesmeric.
    • And there are mesmeric moments in Smith's performance where he does transform into this extraordinary man.
    • There was also the mesmeric Mexican duo Rodrigo and Gabriela, whose intricate and sun kissed slices of Spanish guitar made even the most hard hearted of Gringos jump for joy.
    • There was a mesmeric, far-away look in their eyes, even when upside down or with their legs wrapped around their head, that was more than just the effect of fantastically dilated pupils.
    • We know now that, during his fifty years of virtual isolation, Darger had been constructing his own unique imaginary world, a world which he drew and described with mesmeric finesse.
    • Guterson creates a disturbing, mesmeric atmosphere, leaving his readers unsure whether Ann's visions are the result of divine revelation or magic mushrooms.
    • He did not use any of the hypnotic or mesmeric influences.
    • Ballard's work is powered by a number of key obsessions and his voice quietly leads us through them in these notes, mesmeric, dream-like and yet powerfully clarifying.
    • Some of them achieve a pleasingly mesmeric effect by their constant repetition of words like ‘match’ or ‘jump’, but to me they might as well be automatic writing.
    • For me, there's something absolutely mesmeric about this.
    • And its mesmeric power has been only slightly diminished by Adam and Joe's mercilessly spot-on soft-toy pee-take.
    • As the wicked replicant, Helm's performance becomes a mesmeric facial anthology of wickedness: sneering, leering and winking.
    • This was a 30-minute piece of instantly mesmeric, but seemingly simple tones, and it demonstrated how a recording system could be made which would literally create its own music.
    • Without being unfair to Neil and the third member, bassist Willy Cullen, the group stems from and is fuelled by Shane's mesmeric songwriting.
    Synonyms
    enthralling, captivating, gripping, engrossing, riveting, spellbinding, entrancing, transfixing, mesmerizing, hypnotic, absorbing, fascinating, thrilling, irresistible, addictive
    1. 1.1archaic Relating to or produced by mesmerism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had seen a summer camp counselor demonstrating hypnosis using mesmeric passes and postural sway tests and was intrigued by what he saw.
      Synonyms
      fascinating, compelling, gripping, riveting, engrossing, totally absorbing, enthralling, captivating, spellbinding, mesmerizing, entrancing
 
 
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