fixate

英 ['fɪkseɪt] 美 ['fɪkseɪt]

• v. 早期停止性的成熟；注视；固定

英英释义

Verb:

1. attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way;

   "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
   

2. pay attention to exclusively and obsessively;

   "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
   

3. make fixed, stable or stationary;

   "let's fix the picture to the frame"
   

4. become fixed (on);

   "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. An infant with normal vision will fixate on a light held before him.
   一个有正常视力的婴儿会注视他面前的光亮。

经典引文

• Their eyes roll for a moment, and then fixate.

  出自： O. Sacks

近反义词

【近义词】

• preoccupy 先占
• fix 使 ... 固定
• settle on 选定