ravish

英['rævɪʃ]美['rævɪʃ]
  • v. 强奸；使 … 狂喜；抢夺

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自古法语 ravir,抓住，抓走，来自拉丁语 rapere,抓走，夺走，词源同 rape,rapt.-ish,动词后 缀。引申词义使销魂，使狂喜。

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. [ T usually passive ] 使狂喜;使陶醉;使销魂

      I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.

      她嫣然一笑令我销魂。

    2. [ T ] 强奸

    小知识

    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.

    Ravish is a verb of contrasts, having two meanings that, while both dealing with emotional issues, are polar opposites — the first being to fill with joy, the second being to assault and violate a woman against her will. The history of ravish began with the negative connotation — that of seizing by violence and carrying someone, usually a woman, away. It comes from the Latin rapere, although the meaning wasn't always sexual violation — the idea of rape didn't appear until the mid-15th century.

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    词根 rap(t), rav= to seize, to snatch 捕, 夺 enrapture v. 使狂喜 en 使… + rapture 狂喜 → 使狂喜 rapacious adj. 抢夺的 rap 捕，夺 + acious 有…性质的 → 抢夺的 rape v. 洗劫；强奸 rap 捕，夺 + e → 洗劫；强奸 rapine n. 抢夺 rap 捕，夺 + ine 表抽象名词 → 抢夺 rapt adj. 着迷的（魂被夺走 → 着迷的） raptor n. 猛禽 rapt 捕，夺 + or 表动物 → 善于掠夺的动物 → 猛禽 rapture n. 狂喜 rapt 捕，夺 + ure 表行为 → 捕获梦想 → 狂喜 ravage v./n. 破坏 rav 捕，夺 + age 表行为或行为的结果 → 你争我夺 → 破坏 raven v. 捕食；狼吞虎咽 rav 捕，夺 + en 使… → 捕获食物 → 捕食 ravenous adj. 贪婪的；饿极的 raven 捕食；狼吞虎咽 + ous …的 → 不断捕食的 → 贪婪的；饿极的 ravish v. 抢夺 rav 捕，夺 + ish 使… → 抢夺

    词根词缀

    词根: rav

    =snatch,表示”捕,夺”

    • adj.

      ravenous 饿极了的,贪婪的

      raven捕食+ous……的→捕食的→贪婪的

    • n.

      ravage 破坏,暴力

      rav捕,夺+age状态→掠夺后的状态

      raven 大乌鸦

      rav捕,夺+en→n.大乌鸦 v.掠夺, 狼吞虎咽

    • v.

      raven 掠夺, 狼吞虎咽

      rav捕,夺+en→n.大乌鸦 v.掠夺, 狼吞虎咽

      ravish 迷住,强夺

      rav捕,夺+ish表动词→v.迷住,强夺

    同义词

    dishonor  /  prey  /  delight

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