The audience's rapturous applause followed a lecture that had turned quantum entanglement into something an ordinary listener could picture.
一场把量子纠缠讲得连普通听众都能想象的讲座结束后，观众报以热烈的掌声。
Which choice best defines “rapturous”?
C — Expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. “rapturous” means expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
Which word means “expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm”?
A — rapturous. “rapturous” means expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
rapturous — expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. In Chinese: 狂喜的，兴高采烈的.
rapturous is pronounced /ˈræptʃərəs/.
The audience's rapturous applause followed a lecture that had turned quantum entanglement into something an ordinary listener could picture. (一场把量子纠缠讲得连普通听众都能想象的讲座结束后，观众报以热烈的掌声。)
ecstatic, euphoric, exultant — all close in meaning to rapturous (expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm).
muted, indifferent — each the opposite of rapturous (expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm).
Yes. rapturous is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.