āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
transfix
/tÉšÃĻnsfËÉĒks/
to transfix
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to pierce with a sharp point
Transitive: to transfix sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In mythology, the hero transfixed the dragon's heart with a spear.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻšā§āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause someone or something to become motionless, often by shock, awe, or intense concentration
Transitive: to transfix sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sight of the accident transfixed the witnesses, rendering them unable to move.
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
transfixed
transfix
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
