ecstasy

詳細解釋：

ec.sta.sy

n.（名詞）
【複數】 ec.sta.sies
Intense joy or delight.
狂喜：極度喜悅或歡樂
A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control:
無法自控的情緒：由於感情極度強烈而使人失去理智而難以自控的狀態：
例句：
an ecstasy of rage.
狂怒不能自己

The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
出神，昏厥：與由神秘的或預言性的興奮有關的昏厥、發狂和出神

來源：
Middle English extasie
中古英文 extasie
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Late Latin extasis [terror]
源自 後期拉丁語 extasis [恐怖]
from Greek ekstasis [astonishment, distraction]
源自 希臘語 ekstasis [驚詫，走神]
from existanai [to displace, derange]
源自 existanai [放置不當，發狂]
ex- [out of] * see exo-
ex- [出離] *參見 exo-
histanai [to place] * see st3-
histanai [放置] *參見 st3-

<參考辭彙><同義詞>ecstasy,rapture,transport,exaltationThese nouns all refer to a state of elated bliss.In its original senseecstasy denoted a trancelike condition marked by loss of orientation toward rational experience and by concentration on a single emotion; now it usually means intense delight:
這些名詞都表示高度喜悅的狀態。ecstasy 的原意是一種近似昏厥的狀態，特點是喪失理智而沉浸於某種單一的情感之中； 現在它的意思通常是狂喜：
例句：
.To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. (Walter Pater).
.總是燃著這樣強烈的玉石一般的火焰，總保持這種極度的喜悅便是生活中的成功. （沃爾特·佩特爾）。

Rapture originally meant a being caught up in an emotional state,typically involuntary and uncontrollable.In current usagerapture, like ecstasy, simply means great joy:
Rapture 原指情緒的高漲狀態，常為不自覺和不可自控的。現在的rapture 用法與 ecstasy 近似，只指極度的喜悅：
例句：
.Oliver would sit . . . listening to the sweet music, in a perfect rapture. (Charles Dickens).
.奧列佛坐著傾聽那甜美的音樂，心情極為歡喜. （查爾斯·狄更斯）。

Transport is the state of being carried away by strong emotion:
Transport 指的是被強烈的情感左右的狀態：
例句：
.Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind/I turned to share the transport. (William Wordsworth).
.我的心隨之歡騰、驚喜，象風一樣迫不及待. （威廉·華茲華斯）。

Exaltation is a feeling or condition of elevated, often excessively passionate emotion:
Exaltation 指一種感覺或情緒狀態，常指過分熱烈的情感：
例句：
.There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success. (Winston S. Churchill).
.世上的人，一些因瀕臨災難和毀滅而感到異常激動，另一些人則因成功而感到同樣興奮. （溫斯頓·S·邱吉爾）