| 单词 | rapture |
| 释义 | rapture (once / 430 pages) n Rapture is a feeling of emotional ecstasy so magical it's almost as if you've been transported to some other world. Coming to us from an old French word meaning "carried away," rapture certainly involves getting swept off to Shangri-La. It's happiness so extreme that you just about float to heaven, complete with big goofy grin plastered to your face. Traditionally reserved for those feeling spiritual ecstasy, rapture now extends to anyone feeling overwhelmed my emotion — sparked by everything from a passionate kiss to scoring an awesome dress on sale. WORD FAMILYrapture: enrapture, raptures, rapturous+/enrapture: enraptured, enraptures, enrapturing/rapturous: rapturously USAGE EXAMPLESThe offenders stole a CD from Rapture in Witney, Oxfordshire, and one of them knocked into the victim as they fled. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) She collapses the distinction between terror and rapture. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) When the fervent Roman Catholic responds to terrorist violence, he often does so in the lofty language of religious rapture. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) 1n a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens Syn|Hyper ecstasy, exaltation, raptus, transport emotional state, spirit the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) 2n a state of elated bliss Syn|Hyper ecstasy bliss, blissfulness, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air a state of extreme happiness |
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