Word · Frequency #20557
rapt
狂喜的；欣喜若狂的
feeling great delight or joy
- 1.
Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
升空；升天
- 2.
feeling great rapture or delight
感到极大的狂喜或愉悦
- 3.
Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
全神贯注的；着迷的；入迷的
- 4.
Enthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
狂喜的；兴高采烈的
升空；升天；感到极大的狂喜或愉悦；全神贯注的；着迷的；入迷的；狂喜的；兴高采烈的；全神贯注的
In use
She listened to the music with a rapt expression, her heart full of joy.
The audience sat in rapt delight as the magician performed.
He was completely rapt by the beauty of the sunset.
be rapt in sth
表示专注于某事物，后接名词或名词短语。
She was rapt in her book.
她全神贯注地看书。
be rapt with sth
强调因某事物而着迷，常与attention连用。
The audience was rapt with attention.
观众全神贯注地听着。
rapt + noun
rapt作定语修饰名词，如rapt attention, rapt expression等。
He gave her a rapt gaze.
Connections
Collocations
- rapt attention
- 全神贯注
- The children listened to the story with rapt attention.孩子们全神贯注地听故事。
- rapt audience
- 入迷的听众
- The speaker held the rapt audience for over an hour.演讲者让入迷的听众专注了一个多小时。
- rapt in thought
- 陷入沉思
- She sat rapt in thought, unaware of the noise around her.她坐在那里陷入沉思，没有注意到周围的噪音。
- rapt expression
- 入迷的表情
- He wore a rapt expression during the concert.音乐会期间他一脸入迷的表情。
Idioms & figurative uses
- rapt with attention
- 全神贯注；聚精会神The children sat rapt with attention as the storyteller began.孩子们全神贯注地坐着，听讲故事的人开讲。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
读音像 wrapped（被包裹），想象心神被完全裹住：rapt = 入迷、狂喜，忘了周围。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary or formal writing、describing an absorbed audience or listener rapt 表示“全神贯注的”时通常用于书面语或较正式场合，多出现在文学描写或描述观众、听众等被深深吸引的情景；口语中较少单独使用，常见搭配如 be rapt in something。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 rapt 押韵的词：apt (/æpt/)、wrapped、trapped、clapped、snapped，都以 /æpt/ 结尾。注意：rap 拼写与 rapt 相近，但读作 /ræp/，末尾是 /p/，并非 /pt/，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.