0 to make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened: --
The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech.
1 to push a long, pointed object through someone or something: --
The legendary bluesman and broadcaster transfixed a roomful of people with nothing but his voice and an acoustic guitar.
The bear came back and was so transfixed by the brightness of the holy fire that it sank into the undergrounds.
Everyone in the room was both transfixed and terrified.
He recalled being transfixed by the town band.
Foxx was transfixed by the strangeness and beauty of the clips.
The paper then passes over the print drum, at which time the image is immediately transferred, or transfixed, to the page.
He was transfixed by the sky, and his imagination grew.
Throughout it he remains transfixed and visibly relives the moment while it is retold.