ecstasy

ecstasy
[ˈɛkstəsi]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]

an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement
狂喜，极度兴奋
there was a look of ecstasy on his face.
他脸上显出狂喜的神态。
[count noun]they went into ecstasies over the view.
看到这一幕后他们欣喜若狂。
(chiefly archaic)an emotional or religious frenzy or trancelike state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence
(主古)（感情或宗教原因引起的）发狂；超脱
(Ecstasy)an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric and hallucinatory effects, originally produced as an appetite suppressant
“狂喜”，摇头丸。亦称 mdma

语源

late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis 'standing outside oneself', based on ek- 'out' + histanai 'to place'

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