ravishment
強奪;銷魂;熱衷
Rav·ish·ment n.
1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
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ravishment
n 1: a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and
enchantment [syn: entrancement]
2: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault]