Word familynounenthraldomenthralmentadjectiveenthrallingverbenthral
en·thralBritish EnglishBrE, enthrall American English /ɪnˈθrɔːl $ -ˈθrɒːl/ verb (enthralled, enthralling) [transitiveT]
INTERESTEDto make someone very interested and excited, so that they listen or watch something very carefully 迷住〔某人〕,使某人〕着迷
be enthralled by/with somebody/something
The children were enthralled by the story she was telling.
孩子们被她讲的故事迷住了。
nGrammar
Enthral is usually passive.
—enthralledadjectiveadj
Examples from the Corpus
be enthralled by/with somebody/something• I was enthralled with his classes.• I was enthralled by the emptiness.• And they are enthralled by the whales and other denizens that swim by their vessels.• Hamilton was enthralled by the world of television.
(BrE) (NAmEenthrall) PHRASES➤be enthralled by sth, be enthralled with sth對⋯入迷;被⋯迷住◇They were enthralled with the play.他們被那部戲迷住了。➤hold sb enthralled, keep sb enthralled吸引住某人◇She kept her audience enthralled throughout her twenty-minute performance.她 20 分鐘的演出一直讓觀眾目不轉睛。➤listen enthralled, watch enthralled聽得入迷;看得入迷◇The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.講故事的人一步步展開故事情節,孩子們都聽得入迷了。