RIVET


Meaning of RIVET in English

[verb] [T]Many parts of an aircraft are riveted together.(figurative) When she pulled out a gun, I was riveted to the spot (= unable to move).If you or your attention is riveted by/on something, you are very interested in it: I was riveted/My attention was riveted by my grandmother's stories.His eyes were riveted (= fixed) on the television.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.