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- 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。
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- 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。
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- （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。
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。
派生词
trancedly
adverbtrance-like
adjective词源
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'.