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单词 rhapsodize
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Definition of rhapsodize in English:

rhapsodize

(British rhapsodise)
verb ˈrapsədʌɪzˈræpsəˌdaɪz
[no object]
  • Speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm and delight.

    he began to rhapsodize about Gaby's beauty and charm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Sound and Fury, Peter Artinian rhapsodizes about how ‘peaceful’ it is to live in a world of total silence.
    • The young heroine, Rachel, is described as the ideal would-be mother: rhapsodizing over the neighborhood children and drawing them to her, beloved by all, and in turn loving the ‘little black and brown babies best of all’.
    • As Akhundov showed Reiss the run-down, architecturally eclectic mansions of a century earlier, the guide rhapsodized in beautiful phrasing.
    • As he described the bat, he sounded like a collector of vintage cars rhapsodizing about a rare Corvette.
    • The soloist rhapsodizes in quiet ecstasy, and the orchestra reacts torporously, but with increasing movement.
    • I'm not very good at rhapsodizing about nature but, as I often do, I recalled what George Orwell wrote in the spring of 1946.
    • Mario plays Dean Martin in the kitchen, dancing around and rhapsodizing about pigeons in truffle.
    • ‘We were instant best friends,’ Kate rhapsodizes as she recounts the early stages of their relationship - the so-called ‘honeymoon period’ when love rules by day and sex by night.
    • ‘If we can hit the notes, we'll sound nice because the songs are so good,’ he rhapsodizes.
    • Yet here I am, rhapsodizing about the joys of taking out the garbage, on a blog: all I can do is embrace the contradiction.
    • He used to suddenly get excited, for you could tell that he was excited, and rhapsodize at the slightest provocation about baseball - all he needed was the slimmest excuse, and sometimes none.
    • I do know, however, that lots of people, including a lot of men, came away from the movie rhapsodizing about the first reading of it.
    • Someone will probably fall for Peploe's trickery and start rhapsodizing about how inventive her interpretation is.
    • If ‘many Europeans speak two if not three languages,’ he rhapsodizes, ‘in Africa, multilingualism is even more common.’
    • In one early example of this subgenre, Ronald Reagan rhapsodized about poisoned meat.
    • She had only to mention his name, even just his first name, and he appeared, a show of devotion that made Carol rhapsodize about him.
    • Introducing a collection of his work, Christopher Morley rhapsodised thus: ‘Saki writes so lightly that you might hardly notice how beautifully also.’
    • Some Net enthusiasts rhapsodize about the coming of McLuhan's Global Village, when in fact the fractures and fissures among religious groups are as strong as ever.
    • We were hanging out a few weeks ago and he'd been rhapsodizing about Charles Barkley's interviewing style.
    • He rhapsodizes sadly about the immigrants turned away by the Ellis Island gatekeepers.
    Synonyms
    rave, be enthusiastic, gush, wax lyrical, bubble over, effervesce, be effusive, go into raptures
 
 

Definition of rhapsodize in US English:

rhapsodize

(British rhapsodise)
verbˈrapsəˌdīzˈræpsəˌdaɪz
[no object]
  • Speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm and delight.

    he began to rhapsodize about Gaby's beauty and charm
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘If we can hit the notes, we'll sound nice because the songs are so good,’ he rhapsodizes.
    • In Sound and Fury, Peter Artinian rhapsodizes about how ‘peaceful’ it is to live in a world of total silence.
    • Mario plays Dean Martin in the kitchen, dancing around and rhapsodizing about pigeons in truffle.
    • In one early example of this subgenre, Ronald Reagan rhapsodized about poisoned meat.
    • The young heroine, Rachel, is described as the ideal would-be mother: rhapsodizing over the neighborhood children and drawing them to her, beloved by all, and in turn loving the ‘little black and brown babies best of all’.
    • Some Net enthusiasts rhapsodize about the coming of McLuhan's Global Village, when in fact the fractures and fissures among religious groups are as strong as ever.
    • ‘We were instant best friends,’ Kate rhapsodizes as she recounts the early stages of their relationship - the so-called ‘honeymoon period’ when love rules by day and sex by night.
    • Introducing a collection of his work, Christopher Morley rhapsodised thus: ‘Saki writes so lightly that you might hardly notice how beautifully also.’
    • He rhapsodizes sadly about the immigrants turned away by the Ellis Island gatekeepers.
    • I'm not very good at rhapsodizing about nature but, as I often do, I recalled what George Orwell wrote in the spring of 1946.
    • Yet here I am, rhapsodizing about the joys of taking out the garbage, on a blog: all I can do is embrace the contradiction.
    • I do know, however, that lots of people, including a lot of men, came away from the movie rhapsodizing about the first reading of it.
    • We were hanging out a few weeks ago and he'd been rhapsodizing about Charles Barkley's interviewing style.
    • The soloist rhapsodizes in quiet ecstasy, and the orchestra reacts torporously, but with increasing movement.
    • As Akhundov showed Reiss the run-down, architecturally eclectic mansions of a century earlier, the guide rhapsodized in beautiful phrasing.
    • If ‘many Europeans speak two if not three languages,’ he rhapsodizes, ‘in Africa, multilingualism is even more common.’
    • As he described the bat, he sounded like a collector of vintage cars rhapsodizing about a rare Corvette.
    • She had only to mention his name, even just his first name, and he appeared, a show of devotion that made Carol rhapsodize about him.
    • He used to suddenly get excited, for you could tell that he was excited, and rhapsodize at the slightest provocation about baseball - all he needed was the slimmest excuse, and sometimes none.
    • Someone will probably fall for Peploe's trickery and start rhapsodizing about how inventive her interpretation is.
    Synonyms
    rave, be enthusiastic, gush, wax lyrical, bubble over, effervesce, be effusive, go into raptures
 
 
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