Definition of ecstasy in English:

ecstasy

nounPlural ecstasies ˈɛkstəsiˈɛkstəsi

mass noun

1An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
there was a look of ecstasy on his face
count noun they went into ecstasies over the view
Example sentencesExamples
- Throwing my head back at the sheer ecstasy of being alive, I howled at the moon.
- Community Planning is in ecstasy over the spending increases they can expect from the new council.
- When the hymns started, Jimmy's expression changed to one of ecstasy and transport.
- The temptation to let the heady ecstasy of power get the better of you is self-evident.
- That weird feeling of ecstasy overwhelmed her and her mind became foggy for a moment.
- A news photographer took a picture of a man waving a flag in ecstasy, which was published on the front page.
- His body twitched from the sheer ecstasy of it all.
- We look at each other, and I notice there are tears in his eyes from sheer ecstasy.
- The day I discovered that someone had linked to my blog, I experienced the ultimate ecstasy.
- The last two races were auction races with serious betting creating ecstasy.
- At that moment, I closed my eyes, every feeling of happiness and ecstasy going through me immediately.
- But what had me really sighing with ecstasy was the yam and meat hotpot.
- For a few minutes he felt pure joy and ecstasy even though his fate told a much different story.
- While continentals swoon with ecstasy over white asparagus, it is the green spears we crave.
- It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy.
- The two seconds of palpable ecstasy dissipates to a sudden realization that the action is over.
- Look at the canvass after a couple of days when he is through and you wouldn't help uttering sighs of ecstasy.
- As the song and the dance went on their hearts were filled with ecstasy and tears of joy flowed from their eyes.
- There is a freedom, thrill and ecstasy associated with being employed which is indescribable.
- As you filed out of the stadium that night the sense of ecstasy and optimism was almost overwhelming.
Synonyms
rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transports, rhapsodies
joy, joyousness, jubilation, exultation, heaven, paradise, delight
informal the top of the world
2An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her afflictions, visions, and ecstasies began to spread her fame on the winds of the Catholic Awakening movement that was gaining force at the time.
- He combined a Catholic devotion to the sacraments of the Church with a Pentecostal welcoming of healings, ecstasies and Low Church spontaneity.
- The Book of Margery Kempe, the spiritual autobiography of the wife of a Lynn burgess, exemplified the virtues which lay men and women sought, and the revelations, visions, and ecstasies by which they came to possess them.
- Spiritual ecstasy must not come at the cost of dignity.
- Stigmatics often receive religious visions or ecstasies, having visions of Christ and various saints, and also ‘re-living’ or seeing parts of Christ's passion and sharing in his suffering.
3An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures.
Example sentencesExamples
- The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses.
- Last year he was in court again on charges of conspiring to supply ecstasy and amphetamines.
- Initially, the autopsy results indicated that his internal injuries were thought to be from ingesting liquid ecstasy.
- A hit or two of ecstasy might cause more than just an overwhelming desire to dance the night away.
- Police arrested him and found a tablet of ecstasy in his pocket.

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis 'standing outside oneself', based on ek- 'out' + histanai 'to place'.

The base of the word ecstasy is Greek ekstasis, which meant ‘standing outside yourself’. Ecstasy first referred to a state of frenzy or distraction, of literally being ‘beside yourself’ with fear, passion, or other strong emotion. This meaning is now encountered only rarely, but was famously used by Wilfred Owen in his war poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ (written in 1917): ‘Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time.’ The word came during the 16th and 17th centuries to mean a condition of emotional or religious frenzy or heightened emotion: if you were in ecstasy you were transported by any emotion, not just happiness or pleasure. The illegal drug Ecstasy is first referred to in 1985, in the Los Angeles Times. It gained its ‘street’ name because of its euphoric effects—the chemical name is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA.

Definition of ecstasy in US English:

ecstasy

nounˈekstəsēˈɛkstəsi

1An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
there was a look of ecstasy on his face
they went into ecstasies over the view
Example sentencesExamples
- His body twitched from the sheer ecstasy of it all.
- Throwing my head back at the sheer ecstasy of being alive, I howled at the moon.
- But what had me really sighing with ecstasy was the yam and meat hotpot.
- At that moment, I closed my eyes, every feeling of happiness and ecstasy going through me immediately.
- That weird feeling of ecstasy overwhelmed her and her mind became foggy for a moment.
- The two seconds of palpable ecstasy dissipates to a sudden realization that the action is over.
- For a few minutes he felt pure joy and ecstasy even though his fate told a much different story.
- It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy.
- The temptation to let the heady ecstasy of power get the better of you is self-evident.
- The last two races were auction races with serious betting creating ecstasy.
- When the hymns started, Jimmy's expression changed to one of ecstasy and transport.
- As the song and the dance went on their hearts were filled with ecstasy and tears of joy flowed from their eyes.
- As you filed out of the stadium that night the sense of ecstasy and optimism was almost overwhelming.
- We look at each other, and I notice there are tears in his eyes from sheer ecstasy.
- The day I discovered that someone had linked to my blog, I experienced the ultimate ecstasy.
- Look at the canvass after a couple of days when he is through and you wouldn't help uttering sighs of ecstasy.
- Community Planning is in ecstasy over the spending increases they can expect from the new council.
- There is a freedom, thrill and ecstasy associated with being employed which is indescribable.
- A news photographer took a picture of a man waving a flag in ecstasy, which was published on the front page.
- While continentals swoon with ecstasy over white asparagus, it is the green spears we crave.
Synonyms
rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transports, rhapsodies
2An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.
Example sentencesExamples
- He combined a Catholic devotion to the sacraments of the Church with a Pentecostal welcoming of healings, ecstasies and Low Church spontaneity.
- Her afflictions, visions, and ecstasies began to spread her fame on the winds of the Catholic Awakening movement that was gaining force at the time.
- Stigmatics often receive religious visions or ecstasies, having visions of Christ and various saints, and also ‘re-living’ or seeing parts of Christ's passion and sharing in his suffering.
- The Book of Margery Kempe, the spiritual autobiography of the wife of a Lynn burgess, exemplified the virtues which lay men and women sought, and the revelations, visions, and ecstasies by which they came to possess them.
- Spiritual ecstasy must not come at the cost of dignity.
3An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures.
Example sentencesExamples
- The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses.
- A hit or two of ecstasy might cause more than just an overwhelming desire to dance the night away.
- Police arrested him and found a tablet of ecstasy in his pocket.
- Last year he was in court again on charges of conspiring to supply ecstasy and amphetamines.
- Initially, the autopsy results indicated that his internal injuries were thought to be from ingesting liquid ecstasy.

Origin

Late Middle English (in ecstasy (sense 2)): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’, based on ek- ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’.

单词	ecstasy
释义	Definition of ecstasy in English: ecstasy nounPlural ecstasies ˈɛkstəsiˈɛkstəsi mass noun 1An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement. there was a look of ecstasy on his face count noun they went into ecstasies over the view Example sentencesExamples Throwing my head back at the sheer ecstasy of being alive, I howled at the moon. Community Planning is in ecstasy over the spending increases they can expect from the new council. When the hymns started, Jimmy's expression changed to one of ecstasy and transport. The temptation to let the heady ecstasy of power get the better of you is self-evident. That weird feeling of ecstasy overwhelmed her and her mind became foggy for a moment. A news photographer took a picture of a man waving a flag in ecstasy, which was published on the front page. His body twitched from the sheer ecstasy of it all. We look at each other, and I notice there are tears in his eyes from sheer ecstasy. The day I discovered that someone had linked to my blog, I experienced the ultimate ecstasy. The last two races were auction races with serious betting creating ecstasy. At that moment, I closed my eyes, every feeling of happiness and ecstasy going through me immediately. But what had me really sighing with ecstasy was the yam and meat hotpot. For a few minutes he felt pure joy and ecstasy even though his fate told a much different story. While continentals swoon with ecstasy over white asparagus, it is the green spears we crave. It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy. The two seconds of palpable ecstasy dissipates to a sudden realization that the action is over. Look at the canvass after a couple of days when he is through and you wouldn't help uttering sighs of ecstasy. As the song and the dance went on their hearts were filled with ecstasy and tears of joy flowed from their eyes. There is a freedom, thrill and ecstasy associated with being employed which is indescribable. As you filed out of the stadium that night the sense of ecstasy and optimism was almost overwhelming. Synonyms rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transports, rhapsodies joy, joyousness, jubilation, exultation, heaven, paradise, delight informal the top of the world 2An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence. Example sentencesExamples Her afflictions, visions, and ecstasies began to spread her fame on the winds of the Catholic Awakening movement that was gaining force at the time. He combined a Catholic devotion to the sacraments of the Church with a Pentecostal welcoming of healings, ecstasies and Low Church spontaneity. The Book of Margery Kempe, the spiritual autobiography of the wife of a Lynn burgess, exemplified the virtues which lay men and women sought, and the revelations, visions, and ecstasies by which they came to possess them. Spiritual ecstasy must not come at the cost of dignity. Stigmatics often receive religious visions or ecstasies, having visions of Christ and various saints, and also ‘re-living’ or seeing parts of Christ's passion and sharing in his suffering. 3An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures. Example sentencesExamples The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses. Last year he was in court again on charges of conspiring to supply ecstasy and amphetamines. Initially, the autopsy results indicated that his internal injuries were thought to be from ingesting liquid ecstasy. A hit or two of ecstasy might cause more than just an overwhelming desire to dance the night away. Police arrested him and found a tablet of ecstasy in his pocket. Origin Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis 'standing outside oneself', based on ek- 'out' + histanai 'to place'. The base of the word ecstasy is Greek ekstasis, which meant ‘standing outside yourself’. Ecstasy first referred to a state of frenzy or distraction, of literally being ‘beside yourself’ with fear, passion, or other strong emotion. This meaning is now encountered only rarely, but was famously used by Wilfred Owen in his war poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ (written in 1917): ‘Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time.’ The word came during the 16th and 17th centuries to mean a condition of emotional or religious frenzy or heightened emotion: if you were in ecstasy you were transported by any emotion, not just happiness or pleasure. The illegal drug Ecstasy is first referred to in 1985, in the Los Angeles Times. It gained its ‘street’ name because of its euphoric effects—the chemical name is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA. Definition of ecstasy in US English: ecstasy nounˈekstəsēˈɛkstəsi 1An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement. there was a look of ecstasy on his face they went into ecstasies over the view Example sentencesExamples His body twitched from the sheer ecstasy of it all. Throwing my head back at the sheer ecstasy of being alive, I howled at the moon. But what had me really sighing with ecstasy was the yam and meat hotpot. At that moment, I closed my eyes, every feeling of happiness and ecstasy going through me immediately. That weird feeling of ecstasy overwhelmed her and her mind became foggy for a moment. The two seconds of palpable ecstasy dissipates to a sudden realization that the action is over. For a few minutes he felt pure joy and ecstasy even though his fate told a much different story. It was breathtaking, heart-stopping stuff with an ending to send the York City faithful into ecstasy. The temptation to let the heady ecstasy of power get the better of you is self-evident. The last two races were auction races with serious betting creating ecstasy. When the hymns started, Jimmy's expression changed to one of ecstasy and transport. As the song and the dance went on their hearts were filled with ecstasy and tears of joy flowed from their eyes. As you filed out of the stadium that night the sense of ecstasy and optimism was almost overwhelming. We look at each other, and I notice there are tears in his eyes from sheer ecstasy. The day I discovered that someone had linked to my blog, I experienced the ultimate ecstasy. Look at the canvass after a couple of days when he is through and you wouldn't help uttering sighs of ecstasy. Community Planning is in ecstasy over the spending increases they can expect from the new council. There is a freedom, thrill and ecstasy associated with being employed which is indescribable. A news photographer took a picture of a man waving a flag in ecstasy, which was published on the front page. While continentals swoon with ecstasy over white asparagus, it is the green spears we crave. Synonyms rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, cloud nine, seventh heaven, transports, rhapsodies 2An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence. Example sentencesExamples He combined a Catholic devotion to the sacraments of the Church with a Pentecostal welcoming of healings, ecstasies and Low Church spontaneity. Her afflictions, visions, and ecstasies began to spread her fame on the winds of the Catholic Awakening movement that was gaining force at the time. Stigmatics often receive religious visions or ecstasies, having visions of Christ and various saints, and also ‘re-living’ or seeing parts of Christ's passion and sharing in his suffering. The Book of Margery Kempe, the spiritual autobiography of the wife of a Lynn burgess, exemplified the virtues which lay men and women sought, and the revelations, visions, and ecstasies by which they came to possess them. Spiritual ecstasy must not come at the cost of dignity. 3An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures. Example sentencesExamples The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses. A hit or two of ecstasy might cause more than just an overwhelming desire to dance the night away. Police arrested him and found a tablet of ecstasy in his pocket. Last year he was in court again on charges of conspiring to supply ecstasy and amphetamines. Initially, the autopsy results indicated that his internal injuries were thought to be from ingesting liquid ecstasy. Origin Late Middle English (in ecstasy (sense 2)): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’, based on ek- ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’.
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