RAPTURE


Meaning of RAPTURE in English

rap ‧ ture /ˈræptʃə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: rapt ]

1 . literary great excitement and happiness:

The boys gazed up at him in rapture.

2 . be in raptures/go into raptures British English formal to express or feel great pleasure and happiness about something

be in raptures/go into raptures over/about/at

She went into raptures about the climate, the food, the spring flowers.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.