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raptness

/rapt/US // ræpt //UK // (ræpt) //

专心致志,倾心,狂喜,倾心程度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
    • : transported with emotion; enraptured: rapt with joy.
    • : showing or proceeding from rapture: a rapt smile.
    • : carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.

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Examples

  • Kai is rapt, prodding me to take more photos and reporting on the animal’s every move as I make dinner.

  • Ali walked up and hugged Gil, and the pair discussed music and racism and current events before a rapt audience.

  • Golden Age-of-TV evangelists prate on about which glorified soap operas are most deserving of our rapt attention.

  • The crowd in Powell's was rapt—when it wasn't doubled over in laughter.

  • The inside-the-Beltway press, dumbfounded by the strange partisan bedfellowship, paid rapt attention.

  • Iran's nuclear plan is progressing," he told a rapt audience, but added, "Iran is being careful not to cross any red lines.

  • He walked on, and thought of the rapt liberty of the soul in the sweet serenities of beautiful solitude.

  • Lucy clapped her hands with delight, her more staid cousin was rapt in pleased astonishment.

  • The exercises of the day soon commenced, and the old lady became wholly rapt in her devotional feelings.

  • He stood watching the carriage rapt in meditation, and his face wore a puzzled air.

  • Here Vincèn narrates a foot-race in which he took part at Nimes, and Mirèio listens in rapt attention.