(often in titles 常用於標題 a piece of music that is full of feeling and is not regular in form 狂想曲 Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies 李斯特的《匈牙利狂想曲》
- (formal)
the expression of great enthusiasm or happiness in speech or writing （言語或文字的）狂熱表達，充滿欣喜的表達
Word Originmid 16th cent. (referring to a poem or part of a poem in ancient Greece, which could be recited at one time): via Latin from Greek rhapsōidia, from rhaptein ‘to stitch’ + ōidē ‘song, ode’.