Trance



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.恍惚, 昏睡状态
• ［英］ n.恍惚, 昏睡状态 ( hypnotic state; ecstatic state)
• ［例］ He didn't answer when I spoke--he seemed to be in a trance.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English traunce, from Anglo-French transe death, coma, rapture, from transir to depart, die, from Latin transire to cross, pass by — more at transient
• Date: 14th century
• 1. stupor, daze
• 2. a sleeplike state (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity
• 3. a state of profound abstraction or absorption
• ? trancelike adjective

II. transitive verb (tranced; trancing)

• Date: circa 1598
• entrance, enrapture

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