ravish
ravish 英 [ˈrævɪʃ] 美 [ˈrævɪʃ]
vt. 强夺；强奸；使着迷
进行时:ravishing 过去式:ravished 过去分词:ravished 第三人称单数:ravishes
- If you are ravished by a piece of music, you are overcome with intense feeling while listening to it. The older meaning of ravish is to overcome by physical assault (especially sexual assault) and is still sometimes used.
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- vt. 强夺；强奸；使着迷
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1. She said. 'It's only people who ravish things.
她说，“这是人类把一切事物奸污了。”
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2. My creed is love and you are its only tenet – you have ravish'd me away by a power I cannot resist.
我的信经就是爱，而你就是它独一的信条。 你用我没法抵御的气力将我完全捣毁。
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3. All we have left is paroxysm, and when it subsides, there will be just one wisp of smoke . . . our inner fire will ravish all.
我们已经离开是突然发作，我们内心之火将迷住一切。
- ravish (v.) c. 1300, "to seize (someone) by violence, carry (a person, especially a woman) away," from Old French raviss-, present participle stem of ravir "to seize, take away hastily," from Vulgar Latin *rapire, from Latin rapere "to seize and carry off, carry away suddenly, hurry away" (see rapid). Meaning "to commit rape upon" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Ravished; ravishing.
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