rapture

1. 即心神被自己入迷的东西、事物给吸引住了、给吸引去了、也就是心神被抓住了，自然也就会狂喜、心醉神迷。

rapture 狂喜

来自 rapt,全神贯注的，-ure,名词后缀。比喻用法。

rapture

rapture: [17] Rapture is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. Its past participle was raptus (source of English rapt [14]), which formed the basis of the medieval Latin noun raptūra ‘seizure’, hence ‘ecstasy’ – whence English rapture. From the same source come rapacious [17], rape ‘violate sexually’, rapid, rapine [15], ravage, ravenous, ravine, ravish, surreptitious, and usurp.
=> rapacious, rape, rapid, ravage, ravenous, ravine, ravish, surreptitious, usurp

rapture (n.)

c. 1600, "act of carrying off," from Middle French rapture, from Medieval Latin raptura "seizure, rape, kidnapping," from Latin raptus "a carrying off, abduction, snatching away; rape" (see rapt). Earliest attested use in English is of women and in 17c. it sometimes meant rape (v.), which word is a cognate of this. Sense of "spiritual ecstasy, state of mental transport" first recorded c. 1600 (raptures).

rapture (v.)

1630s, from rapture (n.). Related: Raptured; rapturing.

1. The film was shown to gasps of rapture at the Democratic Convention.

在民主党大会上放映的电影使人们十分欣喜。

2. What joy, what rapture, what glory to see him again!

再见到他是多么高兴、多么欢欣、多么美妙的事啊！

3. I stare in rapture at the ball.

我欣喜若狂地盯着球。

4. Charles listened with rapture to her singing.

查尔斯兴致勃勃地听她演唱。

5. She was in the seventh heaven of rapture.

她欣喜若狂.

【enjoyment, joy, pleasure, fun, rapture, dlight】
这组词都有“愉快、快乐、高兴”的意思，其区别是：
enjoyment: 比pleasure, joy和delight的语气轻，但更着重行为或乐事的本身，而不是感情。
joy: 语气弱于rapture，强于pleasure，多指情感充溢，喜形于色的强烈的欢乐情绪。
pleasure: 最普通常用词，常指不表露出来的满意或喜悦情绪，也指强烈的愉快或兴奋感。
fun: 普通用词，指任何能给予喜悦的娱乐，或指娱乐本身。
rapture: 书面语用词，指极端的欣喜、大喜或狂喜。
dlight: 指强烈的、活泼的、显而易见的快乐和高兴。