ecstasy
/ˈekstəsɪ/noun
(pl. -ies) ［mass noun］
1
- an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement狂喜, 欣喜若狂：
there was a look of ecstasy on his face
他脸上显出狂喜的神态
count noun they went into ecstasies over the view.看到这一景色他们欣喜若狂。
2
- chiefly archaic an emotional or religious frenzy or trancelike state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence〈主古〉（情绪或宗教原因引起的）疯狂; 出神, 发呆, 心醉神迷。
3
Ecstasy
an illegal amphetamine-based synthetic drug with euphoric and hallucinatory effects, originally produced as an appetite suppressant摇头丸。亦称MDMA.
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French extasie, via late Latin from Greek ekstasis 'standing outside oneself', based on ek- 'out' + histanai 'to place'.