单词 | death trance |
释义 | > as lemmasdeath trance death trance n. a (supposed) deep trance giving the impression of death. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > hypnotic state > [noun] sleepwalking1797 death trance1822 hypnotism1843 somnolism1849 trance-coma1849 trance-sleep1849 trance1861 hypnosis1882 cataplexy1883 hypnotization1884 1822 L. H. Sigourney Traits Aborigines of Amer. i. 27 Thou didst faintly gleam Upon the eye of Jacob, as he lay In his death-trance. 1849 H. Mayo On Truths Pop. Superstit. ii. 34 The basis of death-trance is suspension of the action of the heart, and of the breathing, and of voluntary motion. 1905 L. W. de Laurence Sacred Bk. Death ix. 178 This death trance or comatose state can be induced by voluntary effort or Auto-Suggestion. 2001 J. Bondeson Buried Alive (2002) v. 99 Upon awakening from his death trance, the individual could easily smash his way out of the coffin. < as lemmas |
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