英语词汇“spellbound”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

To be spellbound is to have your attention captured by something, captured so strongly it feels like witchcraft.

A spell is a type of magic that controls your mind, and being bound is being tied to something. Being spellbound is when your attention is caught by something, and you just can't look away, almost as if you were bound by a spell. An exciting movie can leave you spellbound. A great public speaker can hold the audience spellbound. When you're spellbound, your attention is on something 100%. Being spellbound is like being fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, or transfixed.

WORD FAMILY

spellbound

USAGE EXAMPLES

Football fans aren’t the only ones spellbound by the University of Washington this winter.

Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016)

Nor as a performer, though he held his audiences spellbound for more than a year.

Time(Nov 09, 2016)

Illness, death, war: all is fair game for a motor-mouthed provocateur whose onslaught of outrage draws his audience—aghast but spellbound—into an “alluring abyss”.

Economist(Nov 02, 2016)

adj having your attention fixated as though by a spell

Syn

fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, transfixed
enchanted

influenced as by charms or incantations

单词	spellbound
释义	spellbound (once / 4803 pages) adj To be spellbound is to have your attention captured by something, captured so strongly it feels like witchcraft. A spell is a type of magic that controls your mind, and being bound is being tied to something. Being spellbound is when your attention is caught by something, and you just can't look away, almost as if you were bound by a spell. An exciting movie can leave you spellbound. A great public speaker can hold the audience spellbound. When you're spellbound, your attention is on something 100%. Being spellbound is like being fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, or transfixed. WORD FAMILY spellbound USAGE EXAMPLES Football fans aren’t the only ones spellbound by the University of Washington this winter. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) Nor as a performer, though he held his audiences spellbound for more than a year. Time(Nov 09, 2016) Illness, death, war: all is fair game for a motor-mouthed provocateur whose onslaught of outrage draws his audience—aghast but spellbound—into an “alluring abyss”. Economist(Nov 02, 2016) adj having your attention fixated as though by a spell Syn fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, transfixed enchanted influenced as by charms or incantations
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