单词 | rapt |
释义 | rapt (ræpt ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If someone watches or listens with rapt attention, they are extremely interested or fascinated. [literary] I noticed that everyone was watching me with rapt attention. Delegates sat in rapt silence as Mrs Fisher spoke. Phillips had a rapt expression on his face. He had held his audience rapt. Synonyms: spellbound, entranced, enthralled, engrossed raptly adverb [ADVERB with verb] ...listening raptly to stories about fascinating people. Collocations: rapt silence The audience listened in rapt silence, then erupted in cheers. Times, Sunday Times Most visitors came to stand in rapt silence and then, in many cases, to immortalise the moment with a selfie. Times, Sunday Times But rapt silence gripped the hall during the extraordinarily paced finale. Times, Sunday Times What was impressive, almost uncanny, was the way in which they would fall into rapt silence the moment the music began. Times, Sunday Times It will no doubt inspire rapt silence from a crowd eager to experience the return of one of the most original bands of this century. Times, Sunday Times |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。