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ecstasy

noun
🔊/ˈekstəsi/
🔊/ˈekstəsi/
(plural ecstasies)
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  1. [uncountable, countable] a feeling or state of very great happiness狂喜；陶醉；入迷
    • in ecstasy Kate closed her eyes in ecstasy at the thought of a cold drink.一想到喝冷饮，凯特就兴奋得闭上眼睛沉醉其中。
    • An ecstasy of bliss poured through me.一种幸福的狂喜充斥着我。
    synonym bliss
    Extra Examples
    • He had never felt such ecstasy as he did that night.那天晚上的极度喜悦，是他从来没有感受过的。
    • I was in sheer ecstasy over the prospect of meeting my idol.想到即将见到偶像我就欣喜若狂。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pure
    • sheer
    • religious
    • …
    verb + ecstasy
    • feel
    preposition
    • in ecstasy
    • ecstasy at
    • ecstasy over
    • …
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  2. [countable, uncountable] (in religion) a state in which somebody experiences extreme emotions, through prayer and meditation, that take them beyond the limits of the individual self
    • She received visions and ecstasies, sharing in the saint's sufferings.她得到了异象和狂喜，分享了圣徒的痛苦。
  3. (also Ecstasy)
     [uncountable]
    (abbreviation E)
    an illegal drug, taken especially by young people at parties, clubs, etc.摇头丸；迷幻药 see also MDMATopics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryecstasy + noun
    • pill
    • tablet
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    4. Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to an emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’, based on ek- ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’.