rapture
rapture
noun
noun
- [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。
■(raptures)expressions of intense pleasure or enthusiasm about something
狂喜；欢呼
the tabloids went into raptures about her.
各小报对她进行了疯狂的报道。 - (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
- [with obj.](一般作 be raptured)(N. Amer.)(according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the second coming of Christ
(北美)（依据千年教义）（基督再临时）（提送信徒）升天
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'seizing and carrying off'): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin raptura 'seizing', partly influenced by rapt
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