| 单词 | captivated |
| 释义 | captivated (once / 3131 pages) adj A person who's captivated is entranced or absorbed by something. A captivated child might stare with wonder at a tiny ladybug for many long minutes. Use the adjective captivated to describe someone who is utterly charmed by something. A captivated student is enthralled by her teacher's history lesson, and a captivated audience is involved in every word spoken on stage during a play. The word is rooted in the Late Latin captivare, "to take or capture," which in turn comes from capere, "to seize." When something seizes your attention, you are captivated. WORD FAMILYcaptivate: captivated, captivates, captivating, captivation+/captivating: captivatingly/captivation: captivations/captive: captivate, captives, captivity/captivity: captivities USAGE EXAMPLESGrigory Rasputin, a mystic peasant who captivated the Russian imperial court, met his death at the hands of aristocratic enemies 100 years ago. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Here are the stories that captivated us most. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) Kennedy was captivated by Mexico City’s colourful markets full of exotic ingredients, and started learning to cook dishes from friends and their domestic workers. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj filled with wonder and delight Syn beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced enchanted influenced as by charms or incantations 2adj strongly attracted Syn charmed loving feeling or showing love and affection |
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