
hypnotized(动词过去式/过去分词)意为"被催眠的"或"被深深吸引的"。指通过催眠术使人进入恍惚状态,或比喻被某事物完全迷住、无法移开注意力。
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The audience was completely hypnotized by the magician's performance.
观众完全被魔术师的表演迷住了。
She stood hypnotized by the flickering flames of the campfire, unable to pull her gaze away even as the cold night air crept in around her.
她站在那里,被篝火跳动的火焰深深吸引,即使夜晚的寒气渐渐袭来,她也无法移开目光。
该词源自 hypnotize,而 hypnotize 来自希腊语 Hypnos(许普诺斯),是希腊神话中的睡眠之神。19世纪,苏格兰外科医生 James Braid 将催眠现象命名为 hypnotism,因为催眠状态看起来类似于睡眠。后缀 -ize 表示"使……成为某种状态",**-d** 则为过去式和过去分词形式。