rapt

adjective
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🔊/ræpt/
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  1. so interested in one particular thing that you are not aware of anything else全神贯注的;专心致志的
    • a rapt audience听得入神的听众
    • She listened to the speaker with rapt attention.她全神贯注地听演讲者讲话。🔊🔊
    • He watched her with a rapt expression.他神情专注地看着她。
    • Jill stared at them blankly, rapt in thought.吉尔茫然地看着他们,沉浸在自己的思绪中。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRapt is used with these nouns:
    • attention
    • expression
    • face
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘transported by religious feeling’): from Latin raptus ‘seized’, past participle of rapere.