transfix - to transfix sb. [render motionless with an absorbing emotion]
Marianne Uehlin... - Sun, 07/07/2019 - 08:29
English Description:
lähmen = render motionless with horror or shock
Etymonline:
Figurative sense of "make motionless or helpless, as with amazement, terror, or grief" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Transfixed; transfixing.
German Translation:
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