a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium 昏睡状态(尤指催眠等状态) she put him into a light trance. 她让他进入轻度昏睡状态。 ■a state of abstraction 出神,恍惚,发呆 the kind of trance he went into whenever illness was discussed. 一谈到疾病他就表现出的那种发呆神情。 ■(亦作 trance music)[mass noun]a type of electronic dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms and sounds 催眠的舞蹈音乐
verb
[with obj.](常作 be tranced)(poetic/literary)put into a trance (诗/文)使昏睡,使出神,使入迷 she's been tranced and may need waking. 她已经沉睡过去了,可能需要把她叫醒。
派生 trancedly adverb trance-like adjective 语源
Middle English (originally as a verb in the sense 'be in a trance'): from Old French transir 'depart, fall into trance', from Latin transire 'go across'