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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ec·sta·sy (plural -sies) ETYMOLOGY Middle English extasie, from Middle French, from Late Latin ecstasis, from Greek ekstasis, from existanai to derange, from ex- out + histanai to cause to stand — more at ex- , stand DATE 14th century 1. a. a state of being beyond reason and self-control b. archaic : swoon 2. a state of overwhelming emotion; especially : rapturous delight 3. trance ; especially : a mystic or prophetic trance4. often capitalized : a synthetic amphetamine analog C11H15NO2used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties — called also MDMA Synonyms. ecstasy , rapture , transport mean intense exaltation of mind and feelings. ecstasy and rapture both suggest a state of trance or near immobility produced by an overpowering emotion. ecstasy may apply to any strong emotion (as joy, fear, rage, adoration) religious ecstasy rapture usually implies intense bliss or beatitude in speechless rapture transport applies to any powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression or frenzied action in a transport of rage English Etymology ecstasy late 14c., "in a frenzy or stupor, fearful, excited," from O.Fr .extasie, from L.L. extasis, from Gk. ekstasis "trance, distraction," from existanai "displace," also "drive out of one's mind" (existanai phrenon), from ek "out" + histanai "to place, cause to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Used by 17c. mystical writers for "a state of rapture that stupefied the body while the soul contemplated divine things," which probably helped the meaning shift to "exalted state of good feeling" (1610s). Slang use for the drug 3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine dates from 1985.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ecstasy ec·stasy / 5ekstEsi / noun(pl. -ies) 1. [U, C] a feeling or state of very great happiness 狂喜；陶醉；入迷 SYN bliss
2. Ecstasy [U] (abbr. E) an illegal drug, taken especially by young people at parties, clubs, etc. 摇头丸；迷幻药 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English ecstasy noun 1 feeling ADJ. pure, sheer | religious, sexual PREP. in ~ | ~ at Kate closed her eyes in ecstasy at the thought of a cold drink. | ~ over I was in sheer ecstasy over the prospect of meeting my idol. 2 Ecstasy: drug ECSTASY + NOUN tablet • Note at DRUG (for more verbs and nouns) Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun intense exaltation of mind and feelings FF1C;was in ecstasy over flyingFF1E; Synonyms: heaven, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, transport; compare EXHILARATION Related Words: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, felicity, gladness, happiness; delectation, delight, elation, joy, joyfulness, overjoyfulness, pleasure; enchantment, euphoria, intoxication, madness; exaltation, inspiration; paradise; afflatus, frenzy, fury Idioms: cloud nine Contrasted Words: dejection, downheartedness, lowness, lowspiritedness, oppression; blues, dumps, melancholy Antonyms: depression Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ec·sta·sy I. noun also ec·sta·cy \ˈekstəsē, -si\ (-es) Etymology: Middle English extasie, from Middle French, from Late Latin extasis, ecstasis, from Greek ekstasis, from existanai to put out of place, derange, from ex out of, out + histanai to cause to stand — more at ex- , stand 1. : a state of being beyond reason and self-control through intense emotional excitement, pain, or other sensation : obsession by powerful feeling < in an ecstasy of pain — Ludwig Bemelmans > < whose eyes kept sweeping in an ecstasy of fear from side to side — Irwin Shaw > 2. : a state of exaltation or rapturous delight manifested either demonstratively < sending their shrill, diamond-hard cries of ecstasy streaming across the streets — Kay Cicellis > or in a profound calm or abstraction of mind < a state of quiet ecstasy which illuminated his whole being — E.S.Bates > 3. : a trance state in which intense absorption in divine or cosmic matters is accompanied by loss of sense perception and voluntary control < at the sight of a crucifix … she would at once fall into an ecstasy— Norman Douglas > Synonyms: ecstasy , rapture , and transport agree in designating a feeling or state of intense, often extreme, mental and emotional exaltation. ecstasy in one sense signifies an exalted state resembling a trance in which contemplation of what inspires the exaltation makes one oblivious of all else, and in another sense signifies an overmastering exalting joy or similar intense emotion < this picture of Fra Angelico in a state of religious ecstasy — Time > < these were thrilling words, and wound up Catherine's feelings to the highest points of ecstasy — Jane Austen > < such a success threw us into a perfect ecstasy of hilarity — Ben Riker > < their faces were fixed in a calm ecstasy of malevolence — Elinor Wylie > < a drunken ecstasy, compounded of superstition, green, bloodlust, seized upon the hundreds of servitors of the goddess — Maurice Samuel > rapture implies intense bliss or beatitude, sometimes connoting an accompanying ecstasy < he was familiar with the passionate rapture of lovers on the stage, in books, and in pictures — William Black > < he put little of this personal rapture of holiness into his published works — P.E.More > < continual ups and downs of rapture and depression — Edith Wharton > transport applies to any violent or powerful emotion that lifts one out of oneself and usually provokes vehement expression < thronged about him and embraced and kissed him, with such joy and transport, as he said, that he always looked upon that moment as the happiest of his life — Van Wyck Brooks > < a periodical that is weekly moved to transports of delight about contemporary America — Bruce Bliven b.1889 > < the first transports of love > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-es) : to fill with ecstasy or rapture : enrapture < the most ecstasied order of holy … spirits — Jeremy Taylor > III. noun Usage: often capitalized : a synthetic amphetamine analogue C11H15NO2 used illicitly for its mood-enhancing and hallucinogenic properties — called also MDMA |
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