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单词 ravish
释义

Definition of ravish in English:

ravish

verb ˈravɪʃˈrævɪʃ
[with object]
  • 1archaic Seize and carry off (someone) by force.

    there is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One night a wolf comes and kills many chickens and ravishes a lamb.
    Synonyms
    kidnap, carry off, seize, capture, run away with, run off with, make off with, spirit away, hold hostage, hold to ransom, hijack
    1. 1.1dated (of a man) rape (a woman)
      an angry father who suspects that his daughter has been ravished
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Minutes later, the men were ravishing Cliona - separately at first, then together.
      • She would be too ashamed to confide in the abbess about how she was ravished by a stranger.
      • Is that what you said to the daughter of Merewala when you killed her father and ravished her?
      • They are coming to kill every single man and woman with guns and knives, and to ravish our daughters and wives.
      • He was supposed to have kept her awake, not ravish her, not rut her like some animal.
      Synonyms
      rape, sexually assault/abuse, violate, force oneself on, molest
      seduce
      euphemistic take advantage of, have one's (wicked) way with
      archaic dishonour, defile
  • 2literary Fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture.

    ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nineteenth-century travellers were ravished by the romantic spectacle of them, as they were delighted by the orientalism of the city itself, with its mysterious and lascivious suggestions of the east.
    Synonyms
    enrapture, send into raptures, enchant, fill with delight, delight, charm, entrance, enthral, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, fascinate, transport, overjoy
    informal blow away
    rare rapture

Derivatives

  • ravisher

  • noun ˈravɪʃəˈrævɪʃər
    • Like many others, I was tired of images of Indigenous men as violent, monosyllabic studs, abusers of Indigenous women and ravishers of white women or as noble savage type shamans, warriors and chiefs.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her language mirrors, or perhaps parodies, the conventional seduction tale - the isolated young maiden, without a loving family to guide her, falls prey to ‘the voice ‘of her ravisher who then leaves her to her fate.’
      • I mean, imagine, actually speaking to your daughter's ravisher.
      • He loathed the reality that Estelle was with child by a ravisher.
      • All the narrative divulges to the reader is that Alec is not as ‘ruthless’ as those ancient ravishers, Tess's ancestors, taking their seigneurial rights.
  • ravishment

  • noun ˈravɪʃm(ə)ntˈrævɪʃmənt
    • It's not surprising that they would exhume him now to serve his usual role as facilitator of GOP criminal ravishment.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The speaker worked his way through plunder, ravishment and seditious behavior.
      • What is it about Chris Matthews’ show that evokes images of bodice-ripping, drooling ravishment?
      • If there's haste, it's a ravishment borne by yourself, not imposed by the medium's structure itself.
      • The Lexicon Of Love, was a sensational debut, with its brass constructions and guitar ravishments.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere 'seize'.

  • rape from Late Middle English:

    This originally referred to the violent seizure of property, and later to the carrying off of a woman by force. It comes via Anglo-Norman French from Latin rapere ‘seize’, also the source of the word rapacious and rapid [both M17th], and of rapt (Late Middle English) and rapture (late 16th century), when you are carried away by your feelings. In Old French repere was changed to ravir, source of ravish (Middle English). The plant name, rape, originally referred to the turnip. It is from Latin rapum, rapa ‘turnip’.

Rhymes

lavish
 
 

Definition of ravish in US English:

ravish

verbˈrævɪʃˈraviSH
[with object]
  • 1archaic Seize and carry off (someone) by force.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One night a wolf comes and kills many chickens and ravishes a lamb.
    Synonyms
    kidnap, carry off, seize, capture, run away with, run off with, make off with, spirit away, hold hostage, hold to ransom, hijack
    1. 1.1dated (of a man) force (a woman or girl) to have sexual intercourse against her will; rape.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are coming to kill every single man and woman with guns and knives, and to ravish our daughters and wives.
      • Is that what you said to the daughter of Merewala when you killed her father and ravished her?
      • She would be too ashamed to confide in the abbess about how she was ravished by a stranger.
      • Minutes later, the men were ravishing Cliona - separately at first, then together.
      • He was supposed to have kept her awake, not ravish her, not rut her like some animal.
      Synonyms
      rape, sexually abuse, sexually assault, violate, force oneself on, molest
  • 2literary Fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture.

    ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nineteenth-century travellers were ravished by the romantic spectacle of them, as they were delighted by the orientalism of the city itself, with its mysterious and lascivious suggestions of the east.
    Synonyms
    enrapture, send into raptures, enchant, fill with delight, delight, charm, entrance, enthral, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, fascinate, transport, overjoy

Origin

Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’.

 
 
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