ravishing的意思|ravishing的解释-里氏词典

ravishing ['rævɪʃɪŋ]

a. 引人入胜的

ravishing

[ adj ]
stunningly beautiful
<adj.all>
a ravishing blonde

Ravish \Rav"ish\ (r[a^]v"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravished}
(-[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ravishing}.] [OE. ravissen, F.
ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See
{Rapacious}, {Rapid}, and {-ish}.]
1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin
Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak.

This hand shall ravish thy pretended right.
--Dryden.

2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
``Ravished . . . for the joy.'' --Chaucer.

Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9.

3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and
against her consent; to rape. --Shak.

Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate;
deflower; force.

Ravishing \Rav"ish*ing\, a.
Rapturous; transporting.

Among the diplomatic personnel, Robert Poulton's Baron Zeta bristled brightly. As the widow Hanna, Felicity Lott visibly enjoyed the whole performance and was coolly ravishing in 'Vilja'.
The Abbey actors, led by Derry Power as Martin and Pat Leavy as Mary, are all very fair, but the words have an inner life that could be more ravishing and disturbing than they always make them.
Civic leaders wooed the nine-member site selection committee like the ravishing plantation belle in a Frances Parkinson Keyes romance.
Nobility, romantic presence, were his, and he made the ravishing middle movement seem like a vision scene from some long-lost Petipa work.
The piece could not have been played with more ravishing delicacy. Whether the same virtues are as welcome in Haydn and Beethoven is questionable.
His ability to clothe the psychology of his characters in ravishing, or searing, or haunting movement, was always theatrically vivid.
Both hotels are in ravishing locations. Information about Romantik Hotel courses may be had from Representation Plus, 375 Upper Richmond Road, London SW14 (tel: 081-392-1589; fax: 081-392-1318).
The queuers were rewarded by an uncommonly enjoyable performance of some ravishing music reflecting Gounod's sudden, overwhelming love affair with the sights and sounds of Provence.
In common with her fellow American Barbara Bonney, she uses a light-lyric soprano of ravishing quality with a forthrightness unusual in the breed.
Dix was well capable of the direct and unaffected approach, and had already painted a notably ravishing portrait of his wife in a red hat.
On Thursday, the Royal Ballet shows the first of two programmes celebrating the work of Sir Frederick Ashton, including a revival of his ravishing 'Daphnis and Chloe', at the Royal Opera House.

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