单词 | ravished |
释义 | ravishedadj. 1. Carried or dragged away by force; raped, violated; ravaged; (in early use) stolen, plundered. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled spoiledc1440 ravisheda1500 pilled?1518 polled1538 rifled1563 despoiled1576 pillaged1629 plundered1639 fleeceda1800 spoliated1815 spulyied1838 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [adjective] > kidnapped > of a woman rapt1447 ravisheda1500 rapted1567 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [adjective] > characterized by rape > raped violatec1425 ravisheda1500 forced1576 abriped1623 raped1655 stuprated1727 violatedc1760 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 129 (MED) O thou man, that makest thi sacrifice of goodis rauisshed, and offirst to God suche thing as thou hast taken away from thi nyghbour, what hoope oughtest thou take in thi sacrifices? 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. v. 48 To Amon he was son, beget..Apon the maid revist Garamantida [L. rapta Garamantide nympha]. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 30/15 To meis the haterent of thir revist virginis, come..new luffaris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) Prol. 9 The rauish'd Helen, Menelaus Queene. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. iv. 35 When Sea, Earth, ravisht Heaven, the curious Frame Of this Worlds Mass should shrink in purging Flame. 1728 P. Aubin Life & Adventures Young Count Albertus v. 98 Hear the wretched Anna's Pray'r, My ravish'd Liberty restore. 1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 452 The mother-linnet..Bewails her ravish'd young. 1841 R. H. Barham Cousin Nicholas I. vii. 172 One of the [porters]..stretched out his hand to secure the ravished peruke. 1955 J. Mayne tr. C. Baudelaire Mirror of Art 324 Burnt and smoking cities, slaughtered victims, ravished women. 1987 P. Angadi Highly Flavoured Ladies (1989) xxii. 253 He was appalled at the thought of spending one to two hours alone in a car with his ravished, pregnant daughter. 2. Transported in spirit or with some strong emotion; entranced, enraptured, captivated. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adjective] ravished1549 rapt1555 rapted1567 enchanted1594 ecstatical1600 tranced1608 raptured1638 corrept1659 enravished1662 ecstatic1664 rapturous1664 sublime1667 exalted1712 enraptured1757 ecstasied1787 blissed out1973 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xiiii. f. xxxviiiv Suche as are inspired with the holy gost are not theyr owne men, no more then we see rauished men to be. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 136 in Shorter Poems (1967) 18 My rauyst [1579 Edinb. rauist] sprete in that deserte terrybill. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iii. sig. F Such new pleasures, as the rauisht soule Giues to the sences. 1649 R. Josselin Diary 25 Aug. (1976) 177 She was wonderfull full of god in a ravisht frame, I prayd with her. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 22 Thy Verse..So sweet, so charming to my ravish'd Ears. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 72 The ravish'd Maid was not all behind-hand in Extasies and guilty Transports. 1794 G. Colman Mountaineers i. i. 5 She..pours forth a strain of native melody, that doth enchant the ravished hearers soul. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 48 Before your ravished eyes New hopes appear. 1885 E. Gosse Firdausi in Exile 51 An odour broke upon our ravished sense, A mingled perfume deep and exquisite. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 22 Ravished startled, they watched the apparition wave up and down,..with rapid wing beats, low above the terraces. 2005 Spectator (Nexis) 30 July 40 Wagner's mooted ‘endless melody’ steals by on the ravished ear. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adverb] ravishedly1593 ecstatically1664 rapturously1664 trancedly1830 raptly1843 exaltingly1855 exaltedly1887 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 5v She breaketh violently from mee, to runne rauishtlie into his rugged armes. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 82 Which maketh them rauishtly melancholy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500 |
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