late 14c., "state of extreme dread or suspense," also "a half-conscious or insensible condition, state of insensibility to mundane things," from Old French transe "fear of coming evil," originally "coma, passage from life to death" (12c.), from transir "be numb with fear," originally "die, pass on," from Latin transire "cross over" (see transient). French trance in its modern sense has been reborrowed from English. As a music genre, from c. 1993.
雙語例句
1. He was put into a trance by a police hypnotist.
他在一位警方催眠師的引導(dǎo)下進(jìn)入了催眠狀態(tài)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They went into a trance to communicate with the spirit world.
他們進(jìn)入出神狀態(tài)與靈界交流。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her mother's voice in the corridor roused her from an angry trance.
她氣得失魂落魄,是她媽媽在走廊里的聲音喚醒了她.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. He didn't answer when I spoke — he seemed to be in a trance.
我說話他沒有答理——他像是陷入昏睡狀態(tài).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. She said nothing but sat there as if in a trance.