transfix
pronunciation
How to pronounce transfix in British English:
UK [trænsˈfɪks]
How to pronounce transfix in American English:
US [trænsˈfɪks]
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- Verb:
- to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
- pierce with a sharp stake or point
Word Origin
- transfix
- transfix: see fix
- transfix (v.)
- 1580s, "pierce through, impale," from Middle French transfixer (15c.), from Latin transfixus "impaled," past participle of transfigere "to impale, pierce through," from trans- "through" (see trans-) + figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix (v.)). Figurative sense of "make motionless or helpless, as with amazement, terror, or grief" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Transfixed; transfixing.
Example
- 1. Transfix he stood staring at the ghost , transfixedwith terror .
- 2. X 3ml vacuum blood collection tubes containing k3edta & transfix
- 3. The latest reality-tv scandal to transfix the nation involves ma nuo , a 22-year-old model from beijing who appeared on china 's most popular dating show , if you are the one .
- 4. Objective to report the result of the defects of metacarpophalangeal joint from2to5repaired by metacarpal articular surface with dorsal metacarpal artery and using kirschner pins to transfix the injured finger and the nearby normal finger .