rapture

US: /ˈɹæptʃɝ/
UK: /ɹˈæpt‍ʃɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


rapture /'ræptʃə/
  • danh từ
    • sự sung sướng vô ngần, trạng thái mê ly
      • to be in raptures; to go into raptures: sung sướng vô ngần, trong trạng thái mê ly
    • trạng thái say mê
      • to gaze with rapture at: say mê nhìn

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
[U] (formal) a feeling of extreme pleasure and happiness: Charles listened with rapture to her singing. + The children gazed at her in rapture. + Never before had she known such rapture.
Idioms: be in, go into, etc. raptures (about / over sb/sth) to feel or express extreme pleasure or enthusiasm for sb/sth: The critics went into raptures about her performance. + The last minute goal sent the fans into raptures.

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
ecstasy, delight, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure, exaltation, elation, thrill, enchantment, euphoria, beatitude, transport, enchantment:
Nothing could compare with the rapture he felt at seeing his daughter win the Nobel prize.

Concise English dictionary


raptures'ræptʃə(r)
noun
+a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
+a state of elated bliss