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raptus

/rap-tuhs/US // ˈræp təs //

猛禽,猛兽,猛禽类,猛犸象

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.

Examples

  • Atrox id visum est facinus patribus plebique; quare raptus est in ius Horatius et apud iudices condemnatus.

  • Qua plaga praefatus Domini sacerdos Tuda raptus est de mundo, et in monasterio, quod dicitur Paegnalaech, honorifice sepultus.

  • Give greetings to all, including the good Madame Councillor, and tell her that I still occasionally have a raptus.

  • When in this state of mind Madame von Breuning used to say that he was in his "raptus."

  • Yet how graceful she is in her tragic raptus, the chorus shows.