rapture

rapture

ecstatic joy; bliss; beatitude
Not to be confused with:raptor – one who seizes by force; robber; a raptorial bird

rap·ture

R0046600 (răp′chər)n.1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.2. often raptures An expression of ecstatic feeling: raptures of joy.3. a. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, by supernatural means.b. Rapture An event in the eschatology of certain Christian groups in which believers in Christ will be taken up to heaven either prior to or at the Second Coming. tr.v. rap·tured, rap·tur·ing, rap·tures To enrapture.

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[Obsolete French, abduction, carrying off, from rapt, carried away, from Old French rat, from Latin raptus; see rapt.]

rapture

(ˈræptʃə) n1. the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy2. (often plural) an expression of ecstatic joy3. the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heavenvb (tr) archaic or literary to entrance; enrapture[C17: from Medieval Latin raptūra, from Latin raptus rapt¹]

rap•ture

(ˈræp tʃər)

n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n. 1. ecstatic joy or delight. 2. Often, raptures. an utterance or expression of ecstatic delight. 3. the feeling, esp. in religious ecstasy, of being transported to another place or sphere of existence. v.t. 4. to enrapture. [1590–1600; rapt + -ure; compare Medieval Latin raptūra poaching] syn: See ecstasy.

rapture

Past participle: raptured
Gerund: rapturing

Imperative
rapture
rapture

Present
I rapture
you rapture
he/she/it raptures
we rapture
you rapture
they rapture

Preterite
I raptured
you raptured
he/she/it raptured
we raptured
you raptured
they raptured

Present Continuous
I am rapturing
you are rapturing
he/she/it is rapturing
we are rapturing
you are rapturing
they are rapturing

Present Perfect
I have raptured
you have raptured
he/she/it has raptured
we have raptured
you have raptured
they have raptured

Past Continuous
I was rapturing
you were rapturing
he/she/it was rapturing
we were rapturing
you were rapturing
they were rapturing

Past Perfect
I had raptured
you had raptured
he/she/it had raptured
we had raptured
you had raptured
they had raptured

Future
I will rapture
you will rapture
he/she/it will rapture
we will rapture
you will rapture
they will rapture

Future Perfect
I will have raptured
you will have raptured
he/she/it will have raptured
we will have raptured
you will have raptured
they will have raptured

Future Continuous
I will be rapturing
you will be rapturing
he/she/it will be rapturing
we will be rapturing
you will be rapturing
they will be rapturing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rapturing
you have been rapturing
he/she/it has been rapturing
we have been rapturing
you have been rapturing
they have been rapturing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rapturing
you will have been rapturing
he/she/it will have been rapturing
we will have been rapturing
you will have been rapturing
they will have been rapturing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rapturing
you had been rapturing
he/she/it had been rapturing
we had been rapturing
you had been rapturing
they had been rapturing

Conditional
I would rapture
you would rapture
he/she/it would rapture
we would rapture
you would rapture
they would rapture

Past Conditional
I would have raptured
you would have raptured
he/she/it would have raptured
we would have raptured
you would have raptured
they would have raptured

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rapture - a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickensecstasy, exaltation, raptus, transportemotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
	2.	rapture - a state of elated blissecstasybliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air - a state of extreme happiness

rapture

noun ecstasy, delight, enthusiasm, joy, transport, spell, happiness, bliss, euphoria, felicity, rhapsody, exaltation, cloud nine (informal), seventh heaven, delectation, beatitude, ravishment His speech was received with rapture by his supporters.go into or be in raptures wax lyrical, rave, enthuse, gush, go mad, go crazy, go wild, rhapsodize He goes into raptures over the brilliantly coloured paintwork.

rapture

nounA state of elated bliss:ecstasy, heaven, paradise, seventh heaven, transport.Informal: cloud nine.

Translations

欢天喜地狂喜

rapture

(ˈrӕptʃə) noun great delight. 狂喜 狂喜兴高采烈，欢天喜地 ˈrapturous adjective showing great delight. They gave him a rapturous welcome. 欣喜若狂的 狂喜的欢天喜地的 ˈrapturously adverb 欣喜若狂地 狂喜地in raptures greatly delighted. She was in raptures about her beautiful new car. 欣喜若狂的 欣喜若狂的（地）