fascinate

verb
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪt/
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪt/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fascinate
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪt/
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪt/
he / she / it fascinates
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪts/
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪts/
past simple fascinated
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/
past participle fascinated
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/
-ing form fascinating
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/
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  1. fascinate (somebody) to attract or interest somebody very much深深吸引;迷住
    • China has always fascinated me.中国一直令我心驰神往。🔊🔊
    • It was a question that had fascinated him since he was a boy.这是他自幼就着迷的问题。🔊🔊
    • The private lives of movie stars never fail to fascinate.电影明星的私生活总让人津津乐道。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘bewitch’): from Latin fascinat- ‘bewitched’, from the verb fascinare, from fascinum ‘spell, witchcraft’.