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    ravish

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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    rav·ish /ˈrævɪʃ/ verb [transitive] literary  1. SCCSYto force a woman to have sex 强暴，强奸 SYN rape2  to badly harm something 破坏，毁坏 a landscape ravished by drought 遭受严重旱灾的景象    → See Verb table
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    ravish• They had come home during the height of the disturbances to discover their teenage daughter being ravished by a young police officer.• The women are jealous of it; the men want to ravish her.• music to ravish the soul• I shall ravish you to my heart's delight.    Origin ravish (1200-1300) French ravir, from Latin rapere; → RAPE1
    rav·ish verbChineseSyllable
    to sex a to woman have force Corpus


    ravish
    rav‧ish /ˈrævɪʃ/ verb [transitive] literary
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: French
     Origin: ravir, from Latin rapere; ⇨ rape1
    1. to force a woman to have sex
       SYN  rape
    2. to badly harm something:
        a landscape ravished by drought


    rav·ishBrE /ˈrævɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrævɪʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they ravish BrE /ˈrævɪʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrævɪʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it ravishes BrE /ˈrævɪʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrævɪʃɪz/ 🔊past simple ravished BrE /ˈrævɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrævɪʃt/ 🔊past participle ravished BrE /ˈrævɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrævɪʃt/ 🔊 -ing form ravishing BrE /ˈrævɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrævɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 (literary) ~ sb (of a man 男子) to force a woman to have sex 强暴；强奸 SYN rape [usually passive] ~ sb to give sb great pleasure 使狂喜；使销魂