trance

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trance [trance trances tranced trancing] BrE [trɑːns] NAmE [træns] noun
1. countable a state in which sb seems to be asleep but is aware of what is said to them, for example if they are hypnotized
•to go/fall into a trance
2. countable a state in which you are thinking so much about sth that you do not notice what is happening around you
Syn: ↑daze
3. (also ˈtrance music)uncountable a type of electronic dance music with ↑hypnotic rhythms and sounds

Word Origin:
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’.

Example Bank:
•In a deep trance, the subject is taken back to an earlier stage of their life.
•She drove, gripping the wheel in a trance, hardly aware of her surroundings.
•When the subject has gone into a deep trance, they are taken back to an earlier stage of their life.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  enchantment, spell