| 单词 | rapt |
| 释义 | rapt (once / 1867 pages) adj To be rapt is to be carried away, caught up, or otherwise engrossed in something. If a performer is really good or particularly mesmerizing, the audience will be totally rapt. Rapt developed from the Latin raptus, meaning to “seize, carry off." So imagine something so interesting that it seizes your attention and carries you off to another world. In fact, rapt is related to the word rapture, which is an experience of extreme, other-worldly happiness. So do your teacher a favor and give her your rapt attention during math class. WORD FAMILYrapt: rapter, raptest, raptly USAGE EXAMPLESYou are, by now, surely, convinced that beets are delightfully festive and deserve your rapt attention. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) There is healing magic in their rapt attention. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The piano’s tone is pristine, the articulation clean, the balance between the hands immaculate, the overall tenor both spirited and rapt. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) adj feeling great rapture or delight Syn ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic joyous full of or characterized by joy |
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