besotted

Word family

be·sot·ted /bɪˈsɒtɪd $ bɪˈsɑː-/ adjectiveadj

be besotted (with somebody/something) LOVEto love or want someone or something so much that you cannot think or behave sensibly 痴迷（于某人/某物）

He’s completely besotted with her.

他被她弄得神魂颠倒。

Examples from the Corpus

be besotted (with somebody/something)• But when they met John was besotted with somebody else, and when that finished they were already close friends.• Coffee break fiction Richard was besotted with his wife, Susan.• John and Keith were not lovers long, but while it lasted John was besotted.• Langton, 20, was besotted with the young wife of his victim, the jury was told.• My parents were besotted with each other and always in each other's arms.• She could see that Mrs Morey was besotted with the Foundling child, and she began to feel sorry for her.

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besotted• Even more foolishly, the besotted adolescent attempted to extend the relationship, and chased Byron to Geneva.• Only a little more indirect is the effect of the same cuckoo genes on the behaviour of the besotted host.• Like a besotted love; she thought about her torment the whole time.

Origin besotted