| 单词 | entranced |
| 释义 | entranced (once / 3623 pages) adj If you're entranced, you are charmed and mesmerized by something. An entranced theater-goer might gasp out loud when something scary happens on stage. When you're entranced by something, it's got you under its spell. In fact, the earliest definition of the word was "put into a trance" or "put under a spell," with the roots en-, "put in," and trance, "state of suspense" or "state of insensibility to mundane things," from the Old French word transe, "fear of coming evil." The meaning of entranced has shifted over the years to be more positive — more "charmed" than "cursed." WORD FAMILYentranced: entrancedly+/enter: entered, entering, enters, entrance, entrant, entry, re-enter/entering: enterings/entrance: entranced, entrancement, entrances, entrancing/entrancement: entrancements/entrancing: entrancingly/entrant: entrants, re-entrant, reentrant/entry: entries, reentry/re-enter: re-entered, re-entering/reentry: reentries USAGE EXAMPLESAnderson-Lopez became entranced by musical theatre at age four, when she heard the sound of musical theater at a festival near a playground. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) So entranced that she ends up face against the floor, in agony. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) She’s an aspect of the god Shiva, creator and destroyer, an entranced male version of whom sits nearby. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) adj filled with wonder and delight Syn beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled enchanted influenced as by charms or incantations |
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