transfix
verb [usually passive]- transfix somebody
to make somebody unable to move because they are afraid, surprised, etc. synonym paralyse使(因恐惧、惊愕等而)动弹不得;使惊呆 Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally meaning to pierce something with a sharp implement or weapon): from Latin transfix- ‘pierced through’, from the verb transfigere, from trans- ‘across’ + figere ‘fix, fasten’.