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| /ˈrɪvɪt/ |
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| 1 | often passive to interest someone so much that they pay complete attention 完全把（某人）吸引住；牢牢吸引住（某人） | The book appeared to have riveted the man for hours. 这本书似乎牢牢吸引住了这个人，他一连看了好几个小时。 | |
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| 2 | to join two things together with rivets 铆接；把…用铆钉固定住 |
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| - | be riveted on/to /sb/sth
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| if your eyes or attention are riveted on or to someone or something , you are so interested or frightened that you cannot stop looking at them |
| 被某人/某物牢牢吸引住；被某人/某物吓得两眼都直了 |
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| They were riveted to the television screen. 他们目不转睛地盯着电视屏幕。 |
| Mitch came up, his eyes riveted on the girl’ s face. 米奇抬起头，眼睛直直地盯着女孩的脸。 |
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| - | be riveted to the spot
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| to be so frightened or surprised that you cannot move |
| 被吓呆；被惊呆 |
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