mesmerize

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mes·mer·ize (also mesmerise British English) /ˈmezməraɪz/ verb [transitive]  INTERESTEDif you are mesmerized by someone or something, you cannot stop watching them or listening to them because they are so attractive or have such a powerful effect 使着迷，使迷住 SYN captivate The first time I saw Diana I was mesmerized by her beauty. 我第一次见到戴安娜就被她的美貌迷住了。n Grammar Mesmerize is usually passive. —mesmerizing adjective→ See Verb table

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mesmerize• Audiences will be mesmerized by the film's dazzling photography.• He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame, letting it mesmerize him into memory.Origin mesmerize (1800-1900) Franz Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian doctor who developed hypnotism

mes·mer·ize verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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mesmerize
mes‧mer‧ize (also mesmerise British English) /ˈmezməraɪz/ verb [transitive usually in passive]if you are mesmerized by someone or something, you cannot stop watching them or listening to them because they are so attractive or have such a powerful effect
   SYN  captivate:
    The first time I saw Diana I was mesmerized by her beauty.
—mesmerizing adjective

mes·mer·ize (BrE also mes·mer·ise) BrE /ˈmezməraɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmezməraɪz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they mesmerize BrE /ˈmezməraɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmezməraɪz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it mesmerizes BrE /ˈmezməraɪzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmezməraɪzɪz/ 🔊past simple mesmerized BrE /ˈmezməraɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmezməraɪzd/ 🔊past participle mesmerized BrE /ˈmezməraɪzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmezməraɪzd/ 🔊 -ing form mesmerizing BrE /ˈmezməraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmezməraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb to have such a strong effect on you that you cannot give your attention to anything else 迷住；吸引 SYN fascinate ▸ mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·is·ing BrE /ˈmezməraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmezməraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊 adjective◆Her performance was mesmerizing. 她的表演让人入迷。🔊🔊