| 单词 | to be in raptures |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in raptures a. Chiefly in plural. A state, condition, or fit of intense delight or enthusiasm. Now frequently to be in raptures: to be delightedly enthusiastic. to go into raptures: to talk with (esp. affected) enthusiasm and delight. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [noun] > instance of rapt?a1425 trance1434 ravishing1435 ravishment1581 rapture1594 ravish1636 enravishment1661 Ananda1875 blissout1974 1594 G. Chapman Σκìα Νυκτòς sig. Aij It is an exceeding rapture of delight in the deepe search of knowledge..that maketh men manfully indure th'extremes incident to that Herculean labour. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars iii. lviii. 67 Those pleasing raptures from her graces rise, Strongly inuading his impressive breast. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 29 This man..sees truth as in a rapture, and cleaves to it. 1744 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 55 If aught can there enhance their Bliss Or raise their Raptures higher. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 36 He is instantly in raptures at so great an improvement. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xviii. 220 Their raptures continued with little intermission. View more context for this quotation 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. i. 3 A place that visitors fell into raptures with. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 38 The mother's early raptures had lasted but a short time. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Property 173 The ‘Ladies' Genteel Guide’ went into raptures over: ‘Another of Miss Francie Forsyte's spirited ditties, sparkling and pathetic.’ 1994 T. Zeldin Intimate Hist. Humanity (1998) xvi. 278 The heroine comes home to her husband in raptures, because she has just won the top accolade in her profession. < as lemmas |
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