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单词 ecstasy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ec•sta•sy /ˈɛkstəsi/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -sies. 
  1. [uncountable] extreme joyfulness or happiness; rapture.
  2. [countable] any overpowering emotion;
    sudden, intense feeling or excitement.
ec•stat•ic /ɛkˈstætɪk/USA pronunciation  adj. 
ec•stat•ic•al•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ec•sta•sy  (ekstə sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies. 
  1. rapturous delight.
  2. an overpowering emotion or exaltation;
    a state of sudden, intense feeling.
  3. the frenzy of poetic inspiration.
  4. mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things.
  • Greek ékstasis displacement, trance, equivalent. to ek- ec- + stásis stasis
  • Medieval Latin extasis
  • Middle French
  • Middle English extasie 1350–1400
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delight, bliss, elation. Ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation share a sense of being taken or moved out of one's self or one's normal state, and entering a state of intensified or heightened feeling. Ecstasy suggests an intensification of emotion so powerful as to produce a trancelike dissociation from all but the single overpowering feeling:an ecstasy of rage, grief, love.Rapture shares the power of ecstasy but most often refers to an elevated sensation of bliss or delight, either carnal or spiritual:the rapture of first love.Transport, somewhat less extreme than either ecstasy or rapture, implies a strength of feeling that results in expression of some kind:They jumped up and down in a transport of delight.Exaltation refers to a heady sense of personal well-being so powerful that one is lifted above normal emotional levels and above normal people:wild exaltation at having finally broken the record.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ecstasy /ˈɛkstəsɪ/ n ( pl -sies)
  1. (often plural) a state of exalted delight, joy, etc; rapture
  2. intense emotion of any kind: an ecstasy of rage
  3. overpowering emotion characterized by loss of self-control and sometimes a temporary loss of consciousness: often associated with orgasm, religious mysticism, and the use of certain drugs
  4. slang 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine; MDMA: a powerful drug that acts as a stimulant and can produce hallucinations
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French extasie, via Medieval Latin from Greek ekstasis displacement, trance, from existanai to displace, from ex- out + histanai to cause to stand
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