rapture
n.
1. 着迷,痴迷
listen with rapture出神地听
a rapture of joy狂喜
2. (常作 raptures)狂喜;狂喜的表示;欢呼
during the first raptures of a honeymoon在蜜月之初的销魂日子里
The audience shouted raptures when the actress appeared on the stage.那女演员一登台,观众便热烈地大声狂呼。
3. [罕] 掳人;勾魂(尤指掳人或勾魂至天上极乐世界)
按这里的意思,似乎rapture是「着迷」,raptures是「狂喜」,可是例子「a rapture of joy」又是「狂喜」,编者似乎觉得「迷」跟「狂喜」之间有什么说不清道不明的神秘联系……
看看别家:
新牛津
rapture/ˈræptʃə(r)/
NOUN
1 [mass noun] a feeling of intense pleasure or joy
狂喜; 兴高采烈, 欢天喜地:
Leonora listened with rapture.
莉奥诺拉欣喜若狂地听着。
1.1 [raptures] expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something
狂喜; 欢呼:
the tabloids went into raptures about her.
各大小报对她进行了疯狂的报道。
2 the Rapture N. Amer. (according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the second coming of Christ
〈北美〉(依据千年教义)(基督再临时信徒的)被提升天。
只有「狂喜」。
蓝登书屋韦氏:
只有「狂喜」
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第四版:
rapture
rapture
[U] intense delight 极度的欢喜:
gazing in/with rapture at the girl he loved 喜不自胜地注视著他心爱的姑娘.
n
1 心醉神迷;全神贯注
2 欣喜若狂
3 [罕用语]勾魂
vt.
1 [罕用语]使狂喜;使入迷;使出神
韦氏大学
2a: a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
b: a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things
3 often capitalized : the final assumption of Christians into heaven during the end-time according to Christian theology