English Dictionary

fascination

IPA（発音記号）

/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/

名詞

古語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting / The state or condition of being fascinated. / Something which fascinates.

日本語の意味

魔法のように魅了する行為、またはその状態 / 心を奪われる状態、その魅力に取りつかれること / 人や物が持つ強い引力、魅惑的な性質や存在

The villagers whispered that the old woman's fascination had left the wheat withered and the children drowsy.

村人たちは、あの老女の魔法が麦を枯らし、子供たちを眠くさせたと囁いた。

意味（1）

(archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting

Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to Chat of the Social World, gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.

意味（2）

The state or condition of being fascinated.

Sliding down the shaft he lay still, the spear jutting above him its full length, like a horrible stalk growing out of his back. The girl stared down at him in morbid fascination, until Khemsa took her arm and led her through the gate.

意味（3）

Something which fascinates.

Though more thoughtful than Madame de Mercœur, yet it asked far more knowledge of society—that wilderness of small intricacies—for her to penetrate into the motives of those who seemed so suddenly struck with her fascination; but she was too clear-headed to be deceived, and set it all down under one general belief in caprice.

fascinations （ plural ）