riveted
past simple and past participle ofrivet
| 单词 | riveted |
| 释义 | riveted past simple and past participle ofrivet rivet verb[T] uk/ˈrɪv.ɪt/us/ˈrɪv.ɪt/tofastenpartstogether with a rivet: Manypartsof anaircraftare rivetedtogether. be riveted to not beabletostoplookingat something because it is sointerestingorfrightening: It was anamazingfilm- I wasabsolutelyriveted. Hiseyeswere rivetedonthetelevision. Hepulledout agunand I was rivetedto thespot(= sofrightenedthat I could notmove). Fastening and tying
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making people excited and interested Examplesofrivetedriveted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Most of the vessels were built from welded steel, notriveted, and were equipped with powerful diesel engines. From theCambridge English Corpus Additional lawyers cited statutes and precedents in opposition and it was the larger constitutional issue thatrivetedtheir attention. From theCambridge English Corpus This, combined with an ethical distaste for genetics, fortified a science of development thatrivetedits attention on the social environment. From theCambridge English Corpus To hear a song again is not only to hear structure but that structure as totally fixed andrivetedto larger auditory scaffolding. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, these events become memorable, that is, available for recollection orrivetedto consciousness, by being stitched together with music. From theCambridge English Corpus It particularlyrivetedme because it was clearly directed at me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The sound and other technicians were listening,riveted, to that broadcast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The specification admits of welded or ofrivetedconstruction, or a combination of both, to suit the capacity of individual manufacturers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The enormous size of the ship and the terrible extent of the loss of life no doubtrivetedpublic attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is now the habit to weld ships, whereas in 1930 they were very largelyriveted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our eyes have in the past beenrivetedand are today beingrivetedon the£rather than on production and techniques of production. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The surveyor ordered a doubling plate to berivetedover the hole in the hull, and the ship was allowed to go to sea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know very well the difficulty of retrospective legislation, but surely it could berivetedto the question of motive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, this ten years isrivetedon the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All eyes have beenrivetedon the number of options to the exclusion of what the project was all about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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