单词 | trance |
释义 | Word Frequency trance(trɑːns) noun 1. a hypnotic state resembling sleep 2. any mental state in which a person is unaware or apparently unaware of the environment, characterized by loss of voluntary movement, rigidity, and lack of sensitivity to external stimuli 3. a dazed or stunned state 4. a state of ecstasy or mystic absorption so intense as to cause a temporary loss of consciousness at the earthly level 5. spiritualism a state in which a medium, having temporarily lost consciousness, can supposedly be controlled by an intelligence from without as a means of communication with the dead 6. a type of electronic dance music with repetitive rhythms, aiming at a hypnotic effect verb 7. (transitive) to put into or as into a trance Derived forms trancelike (ˈtranceˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French transe, from transir to faint, pass away, from Latin trānsīre to go over, from trans- + īre to go |
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