Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 5
Echini (n. pl. ) of Echinus
Echinus (n.) 【動】刺海膽 A hedgehog.
Echinus (n.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.
Echinus (n.) 【建】鐘形圓飾；凸圓線腳 The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.
Compare: Entablature
Entablature (n.) 【建】古典柱式的頂部 [Architecture] The upper part of a classical building supported by columns or a colonnade, comprising the architrave, frieze, and cornice.
Compare: Colonnade
Colonnade (n.) 【建】列柱，柱廊 [C] A row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arches.
Colonnade (n.) A row of trees or other tall objects.
Echinus (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column
Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.
Echiuroidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) 棘尾門 A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the {armed Gephyreans}.
Echo () A topic group on FidoNet's echomail system.
Compare: Newsgroup
Newsgroup (n.) 【電腦】新聞群組，網路群組（在Internet中由使用者自發組織的一類專題小組） A newsgroup is an Internet-based discussion around an individual, entity, organization or topic. Newsgroups enable remotely connected users to share, discuss and learn about their topic of interest by exchanging text messages, images, videos and other forms of digital content.
Newsgroups are also referred to as usenet newsgroups.
Jargon (n.) [Mass noun] A Unix command that just prints its arguments.
[Jargon File]
Compare: Jargon
Jargon (n.) [Mass noun] 行話；黑話 [U] [C]；胡言亂語；不能理解的話 [U]；混雜語 [U] Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
‘Legal jargon.’
Jargon (n.) [Mass noun] [Archaic] A form of language regarded as barbarous, debased, or hybrid.
Jargon (Also Jargoon) (n.) [Mass noun] A translucent, colourless, or smoky gem variety of zircon.
Jargon (v. i.) 說行話；說難懂的話；喋喋不休 To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
Echo (n.) 回聲；回響 [C] [U]；（輿論等的）反應；共鳴 [U] [C ] A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
The babbling echo mocks the hounds. -- Shak.
The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. -- Pope.
Echo (n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. -- Fuller.
Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. -- R. L.
Echo (n.) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.
Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. -- Milton.
Echo (n.) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. -- Milton.
Echo (n.) (Whist, Contract Bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signaled for trumps.
Echo (n.) (Whist, Contract Bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.
{Echo organ} (Mus.), A set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell.
{Echo stop} (Mus.), A stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound.
{To applaud to the echo}, To give loud and continuous applause. -- M. Arnold.
I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. -- Shak.
Echoed (imp. & p. p.) of Echo
Echoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Echo
Echoes (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Echo
Echo (v. t.) 反射（聲音等）；重複（他人的話等） To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. -- Dryden.
The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. -- Keble.
Echo (v. t.) To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.
They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they envied, and then have sent to the newspaper anonymous libels upon them. -- Macaulay.
Echo (v. i.) 發出回聲，產生回響 [（+with/ to）]；重複他人的話（或行動等） To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. "Echoing noise." -- Blackmore.
Echo (n.) The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps" [syn: {echo}, {reverberation}, {sound reflection}, {replication}].
Echo (n.) (Greek mythology) A nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained.
Compare: Mythology
Mythology (n.) [Mass noun] （總稱）神話 [U]；神話學 [U]；神話集 [C] A collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
‘Tales from Greek mythology.’
[Count noun] ‘Jewish and Christian mythologies.’
Mythology (n.) [Mass noun] A set of stories or beliefs about a particular person, institution, or situation, especially when exaggerated or fictitious.
‘We look for change in our thirties, not in our forties, as popular mythology has it.’
Mythology (n.) The study of myths.
‘This field includes archaeology, comparative mythology, and folklore.’
Echo (n.) A reply that repeats what has just been said.
Echo (n.) A reflected television or radio or radar beam.
Echo (n.) A close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; "his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely better man".
Echo (n.) An imitation or repetition; "the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life".
Echo (v.) To say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" [syn: {repeat}, {echo}].
Echo (v.) Ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: {resound}, {echo}, {ring}, {reverberate}].
Echo (v.) Call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: {echo}, {recall}].
ECHO () European Community Host Organisation (org., Europe)
Echoer (n.) One who, or that which, echoes.
Echoless (a.) Without echo or response.
Echometer (n.) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.
Echometry (n.) The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.
Echometry (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
Echon (pron.) Alt. of Echoon
Echoon (pron.) Each one.
Echoscope (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.
Eclair (n.) A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.
Eclaircise (v. t.) To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.
Eclaircissement (v. t.) The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.
Eclampsia (n.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
Eclampsy (n.) Same as Eclampsia.
Eclat (n.) Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." -- Pope.
Eclat (n.) Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause. -- Prescott.
Eclat (n.) Ostentatious display : Publicity.
Eclat (n.) Dazzling effect : Brilliance.
Eclat (n.) a : Brilliant or conspicuous success b : Praise, Applause.
Éclat (n.) [ U ] (Literary) A strong and stylish effect.
// She broke onto the music scene with great éclat.
Eclectic (a.) Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.
Eclectic (a.) Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine.
Eclectic (n.) One who follows an eclectic method.
Eclectically (adv.) In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.
Eclecticism (n.) Theory or practice of an eclectic.
Eclegm (n.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups.
Eclipse (n.) (Astron.) 【天】蝕 [C]；被遮蔽；（聲名、威望等的）黯然失色 [C] [U] An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet.
Note: In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.
That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. -- Milton.
Eclipse (n.) The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.
All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. -- Shelley.
Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular.
Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.
Eclipsed (imp. & p. p.) of Eclipse
Eclipsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eclipse
Eclipse (v. t.) 蝕，遮蔽（其他天體的光）；使失色 To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.
Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing. "His eclipsed state." -- Dryden.
My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. -- Shak.
Eclipse (v. i.) To suffer an eclipse.
While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. -- Milton.
Eclipse (n.) One celestial body obscures another [syn: eclipse, occultation].
Eclipse (v.) Be greater in significance than; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness" [syn: overshadow, dominate, eclipse].
Eclipse (v.) Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies" [syn: eclipse, occult].
Eclipse, () A Prolog + CLP compiler from ECRC.
Eclipse, () Of the sun alluded to in Amos 8:9; Micah 3:6; Zech. 14:6; Joel 2:10. Eclipses were regarded as tokens of God's anger (Joel 3:15; Job 9:7). The darkness at the crucifixion has been ascribed to an eclipse (Matt. 27:45); but on the other hand it is argued that the great intensity of darkness caused by an eclipse never lasts for more than six minutes, and this darkness lasted for three hours. Moreover, at the time of the Passover the moon was full, and therefore there could not be an eclipse of the sun, which is caused by an interposition of the moon between the sun and the earth.
Ecliptic (n.) (Astron.) A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23?28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
Ecliptic (n.) (Geog.) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23?28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
Ecliptic (a.) Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
Ecliptic (a.) Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), The space of 12[deg] on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed.
Solar ecliptic limit, The space of 17[deg] from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.
Eclogite (n.) (Min.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
Ecological (a.) 生態（學）的 Of or pertaining to ecology; as, an ecological disaster.
Syn: bionomic, bionomical.
Ecological (a.) Characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment; "an ecological disaster" [syn: ecological, ecologic].
Ecological (a.) Of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research" [syn: ecological, ecologic, bionomical, bionomic].
Eecological (a.) Of or pertaining to ecology; as, an ecological disaster.
Syn: bionomic, bionomical.
Compare: Oecology
Oecology (n.) (Biol.) 生態學；生態 The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled ecology. [Also spelled ecology.]
Ecology (n.) (Biol.) [U] 【生】生態學；生態，環境；【社】社會生態學，人文生態學 The branch of biology concerned with the various relations of animals and plants to one another and to their surrounding environment.
Economic (a.) Alt. of Economical
Economical (a.) 經濟的，節約的；節儉的；經濟學的；經濟上的 Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.]" -- Milton.
Economical (a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.
And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. -- Sir J. Davies.
Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. -- Harte.
Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil.
Economical (a.) Of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn.
These matters economical and political. -- J. C. Shairp.
There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. -- Palfrey.
Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. -- H. C. Baird.
Economical (a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. -- Grew.
Economical (a.) Of or pertaining to economics. economic theory.
Economical (a.) Profitable. Opposite of uneconomic.
Economical (a.) Avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful.
Syn: frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty.
Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.
Economic (a.) Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" [syn: economic, economical].
Economic (a.) Of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory".
Economic (a.) Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" [syn: economic, economical].
Economic (a.) Concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged".
Economic (a.) Financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service".
Economically (adv.) 節約地，節儉地；節省；在經濟上 With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
Economically (adv.) With respect to economic science; "economically this proposal makes no sense".
Economically (adv.) In an economical manner.
Economically (adv.) With respect to the economic system; "economically the country is worse off".
Economics (n.) 經濟學[J]；（國民的）經濟情況；經濟 [K] The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
Economics (n.) Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources; the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of a nation or region, and its effect on the wealth of a country. See Political economy, under Political. "In politics and economics." -- V. Knox.
Economics (n.) The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management [syn: economics, economic science, political economy].
Economist (n.) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. "Economists even to parsimony." -- Burke.
Economist (n.) One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.
Economist (n.) An expert in the science of Economics [syn: economist, economic expert].
Economization (n.) The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] -- H. Spenser.
Economize (v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also economise.] -- Milton.
Economized (imp. & p. p.) of Economize
Economizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Economize
Economize (v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.]
Expenses in the city were to be economized. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Calculating how to economize time. -- W. Irving.
Economize (v.) Use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit" [syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise] [ant: blow, squander, waste].
Economize (v.) Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" [syn: save, economize, economise].
Economizer (n.) One who, or that which, economizes.
Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
Economizer (n.) A frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste [syn: economizer, economiser].
Economies (n. pl. ) of Economy
Economy (n.) The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.
Himself busy in charge of the household economies. -- Froude.
Economy (n.) Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.
Economy (n.) The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.
The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. -- Earle.
In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the economy . . . of poems better observed than in Terence. -- B. Jonson.
The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep. -- Paley.
Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony.
Political economy. See under Political.
Syn: Economy, Frugality, Parsimony. Economy avoids all waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best advantage; frugality cuts off indulgences, and proceeds on a system of saving. The latter conveys the idea of not using or spending superfluously, and is opposed to lavishness or profusion. Frugality is usually applied to matters of consumption, and commonly points to simplicity of manners; parsimony is frugality carried to an extreme, involving meanness of spirit, and a sordid mode of living. Economy is a virtue, and parsimony a vice.
I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease. -- Swift.
The
father was more given to frugality, and the son to riotousness
[luxuriousness]. -- Golding.
Economy (n.) The system of production and distribution and
consumption [syn: economy, economic system].
Economy (n.) The efficient use of resources; "economy of effort".
Economy (n.) Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy" [syn: economy, thriftiness].
Economy (n.) An act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" [syn: economy, saving].
Economy (n.) Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.
Economy, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 200
Housing Units (2000): 79
Land area (2000): 0.096963 sq. miles (0.251134 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.096963 sq. miles (0.251134 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20152
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.976293 N, 85.085945 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47339
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Economy, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 9363
Housing Units (2000): 3629
Land area (2000): 17.698873 sq. miles (45.839868 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.069934 sq. miles (0.181128 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 17.768807 sq. miles (46.020996 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22264
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.638466 N, 80.184891 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Ecorche (n.) (Fine Arts) A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.
Ecossaise (n.) (Mus.) A dancing tune in the Scotch style.
Ecostate (a.) (Bot.) Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.
Ecoute (n.) (Mil.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
Ecphasis (n.) (Rhet.) An explicit declaration.
Ecphonema (n.) (Rhet.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
Ecphoneme (n.) A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. -- G. Brown.
Ecphonesis (n.) (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation.
The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. -- Gibbs.
Ecphractic (a.) (Med.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent.
Ecphractic (n.) An ecphractic medicine. -- Harvey.
Ecrasement (n.) (Surg.) The operation performed with an ecraseur.
Ecraseur (n.) (Surg.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
Ecru (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.
Ecstasies (n. pl. ) of Ecstasy
Compare: MDMA
MDMA (n.) Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but originally synthesized to avoid the drug laws; it is now a controlled substance. It is informally called {ecstasy}. It is used by some abusively and illegally without a prescription. [acronym]
Syn: methylenedioxymethamphetamine, Adam, ecstasy.
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (n.) A drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but to avoid the drug laws, but now a controlled substance. Called also MDMA.
Syn: MDMA, Adam, ecstasy.
Ecstasy (v. t.) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [Obs.]
The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. -- Jer. Taylor.
Ecstasy (n.) [U] [C] 狂喜；出神；入迷 [（+of/ over）]；（宗教的）入迷狀態；合成迷幻藥 The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.
Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy. -- Dryden.
This is the very ecstasy of love. -- Shak.
Ecstasy (n.) Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.
He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy. -- Milton.
Ecstasy (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs.]
That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy. -- Shak.
Our words will but increase his ecstasy. -- Marlowe.
Ecstasy (n.) (Med.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. -- Mayne.
Ecstasy (n.) A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: {ecstasy}, {rapture}, {transport}, {exaltation}, {raptus}].
Ecstasy (n.) A state of elated bliss [syn: {ecstasy}, {rapture}].
Ecstasy (n.) Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: {Adam}, {ecstasy}, {XTC}, {go}, {disco biscuit}, {cristal}, {X}, {hug drug}].
Ecstasy (n.) (Emotion) [ C or U ] 狂喜，欣喜若狂 A state of extreme happiness, especially when feeling pleasure.
// She threw her head back as if in ecstasy.
// Sexual ecstasy.
Ecstasy (n.) (Drug) [ U ] (Abbreviation E) 搖頭丸 A powerful drug that makes you feel very active and can cause you to hallucinate (= see or hear things that do not exist).
Idiom:
Be/ go into ecstasies over/ about sth (Informal) 癡迷於；陶醉於；對…異常狂熱 To be or become very excited about something.
// She went into ecstasies over the food there.
// The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. -- Jer. Taylor.
Ecstatic (n.) An enthusiast. [R.] -- Gauden.
Compare: Enthusiast
Enthusiast (n.) 對……熱衷的人；熱心者 [C] [（+about）] A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.
‘A sports car enthusiast.’
Enthusiast (n.) (Derogatory, archaic) A person of intense and visionary Christian views.
Ecstatic (a.) 狂喜的；著迷的；入神的 Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.
This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy. -- Hammond.
Ecstatic (a.) Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.
Compare: Rapturous
Rapturous (a.) 著迷的，痴迷的；狂喜的；銷魂的 Characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
‘He was greeted with rapturous applause.’
Ecstatic (a.) Feeling great rapture or delight [syn: {ecstatic}, {enraptured}, {rapturous}, {rapt}, {rhapsodic}].
Ecstatic (a.) Of, relating to, or marked by ecstasy.
Ecstatic (n.) One that is subject to ecstasies.
Ecstatic (a.) 狂喜的，欣喜若狂的 Extremely happy.
// The new president was greeted by an ecstatic crowd.
Ecstatical (a.) Ecstatic. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Ecstatical (a.) Tending to external objects. [R.] -- Norris.